The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.

Quote by Phillips Brooks

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your...

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

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...