Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire…

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The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

VLife comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are...

VLife comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are...

Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with...

Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with...

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being...

No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being...

No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs...

No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs...

Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself...

Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself...

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small...

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small...

Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you will...

Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you will...

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week.

Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week.

It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.

It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything.

As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything.

The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than...

The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than...

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden...

The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden...

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than...

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than...