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Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

The great hope of society is in individual character.

The great hope of society is in individual character.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when...

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when...

Life has a higher end, than to be amused.

Life has a higher end, than to be amused.

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own...

The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own...

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather...

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather...

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what...

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what...

Error is discipline through which we advance.

Error is discipline through which we advance.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

The world is governed by opinion.

The world is governed by opinion.

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to...

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to...

Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written...

Our leading principle in interpreting Scripture is this, that the Bible is a book written...

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by...

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by...

We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that...

We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that...

I like playing in Italy. It was a challenge I wanted since very early in...

I like playing in Italy. It was a challenge I wanted since very early in...