You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.

Quote by Charles Spurgeon

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Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented...

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented...

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

It has been said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but...

It has been said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but...

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see...

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see...

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

Giving is true having.

Giving is true having.

Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven.

Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on...

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on...

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high...

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high...

You cannot make a sinner into a saint by killing him. He who does not...

You cannot make a sinner into a saint by killing him. He who does not...

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by...

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by...

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to...

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to...

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if...

I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if...

If I were a Roman Catholic, I should turn a heretic, in sheer desperation, because...

If I were a Roman Catholic, I should turn a heretic, in sheer desperation, because...

I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It...

I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It...

The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.

The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.