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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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.

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 has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs...

No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs...

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...

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

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

Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts...

Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...