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I wish it were never one's duty to quarrel with anybody; I do so hate it: but not to do it sometimes is to smile in the devil's face. - [Quarrels] I wondered over again for the hundredth time what could be the principle which, in the wildest, most lawless, fantastically chaotic, apparently capricious work of nature, always kept it beautiful. - [Nature] If I can put one touch of a rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God. - [Ingratitude] If, instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. - [Love] It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when to-morrow's burden is added to the burden of to-day that the weight is more than a man can bear. - [Anticipation] It is a happy thing for us that this is really all we have to concern ourselves about--what to do next. No man can do the second thing. He can do the first. - [Duty] It is only by loving a thing that you an make it yours. - [Appreciation] It is when to-morrow's burden is added to the burden of to-day that the weight is more than a man can bear. - [Today] It needs brains to be a real fool. - [Fools] It's right to trust in God; but, if you don't stand to your halliards your craft'll miss stays, and your faith'll be blown out of the bolt-ropes in the turn of a marlinspike. - [Self-reliance] Joy cannot unfold the deepest truths. Cometh white-robed Sorrow, stooping and wan, and flingeth wide the door she must not enter. - [Sorrow] Life and religion are one, or neither is anything. - [Life] Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom. - [Clergy] Mind, it is our best work that He wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think He must prefer quality to quantity. - [Work] Moderation is the basis of justice. - [Justice] No indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness. - [Selfishness] No man can make haste to be rich without going against the will of God, in which case it is the one frightful thing to be successful. - [Riches] No one is likely to remember what is entirely uninteresting to him. - [Memory] Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help. - [Help] Real good-breeding is independent of the forms and refinements of what has assumed to itself the name of society. - [Manners] Relative to getting rid of it, a fault is serious or not in proportion to the depth of its root rather than the amount of its foliage. - [Faults] Religion is life essential. - [Religion] Such a man will omit neither family worship, nor a sneer at his neighbor. He will neither milk his cows on the first day of the week without a Sabbath mask on his face, nor remove it while he waters the milk for his customers. - [Hypocrisy] The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, the last duty done. - [Future] The direct foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it; and the man who can overcome his own terror is a hero, and more. - [Fear] Displaying page 2 of 5 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 [2] 3 4 5
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