No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

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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...

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...

The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always...

The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always...

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...

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your...

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your...

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...

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

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

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

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

Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and...

Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and...

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.

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.

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...

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that...

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that...

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

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

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.

A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.

A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.

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.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the...

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the...

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...

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.