Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

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The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

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The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

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I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

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Bitterness imprisons life love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life love empowers it. Bitterness sours life love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life love heals it. Bitterness blinds life love anoints its eyes.

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No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

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Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

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No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

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He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end.

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Hating people is like burning down your house to get rid of a rat.

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The fact that astronomies change while the stars abide is a true analogy of every realm of human life and thought, religion not least of all. No existent theology can be a final formulation of spiritual truth.

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Don’t simply retire from something have something to retire to.

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I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

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It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.

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Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation.

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Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.

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To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

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I made my money by selling too soon.

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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.

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