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“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.”
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.”
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. ”
“I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.”
“God builds his temple in the heart on the ruins of churches and religions.”
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.”
“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.”
“Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.”
“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.”
“Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of hidden stuff.”
“Each moment of the year has its own beauty... a picture which was never before and shall never be seen again.”
“The earth laughs in flowers.”
“The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.”
“Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws.”
“The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.”
“Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere.”
“The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.”
“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”
“To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the approbation ofhonest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;To appreciate beauty.”
“Self-trust is the first secret of success.”
“They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson is life who does not every day surmount a fear.”
“Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your promotion.”
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