The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.

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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...

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the...

The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the...

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...

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

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

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...

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...