Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

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Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his...

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his...

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the...

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the...

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living...

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living...

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral...

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral...

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time...

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time...

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best...

One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best...

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their...

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their...

I've never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for...

I've never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for...

One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he...

One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he...

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to...

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to...

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent...

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent...

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...