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Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Action
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Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.
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If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.
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True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.
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Never think that God's delays are God's denials. True prayer always receives what it asks, or something better.
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