The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through…

Quote by Phillip Brooks

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

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

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such...

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such...

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity

To say 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of...

To say 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of...

To say 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of...

To say 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of...

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

He who defines duty for himself is his own master.

He who defines duty for himself is his own master.

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity....

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity....

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power...

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power...

I think the first duty of society is justice

I think the first duty of society is justice

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon...

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon...

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the...

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the...

A son has no greater duty, no higher good, than serving his parents.

A son has no greater duty, no higher good, than serving his parents.

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to...

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to...

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that...

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that...

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

Happy is he who can give himself up.

Happy is he who can give himself up.