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Death
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Death is the dropping of the flower that the fruit may swell.
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Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that citizens; on this side orphans, on that children;
-Henry Ward Beecher
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Debt / Borrow / Loan
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth.
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Defeat
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Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
-Henry Ward Beecher
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.
-Henry Ward Beecher
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Difficulty
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Discipline
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No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.
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Duty
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He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
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Education
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Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty--how to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes.
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Enthusiasm
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In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
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Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.
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Excellence
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Experience
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Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place in the contents. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every sort. Nothing ever happens twice alike. The most familiar people stand each moment in some new relation to each other, to their work, to surrounding objects. The most tranquil house, with the most serene inhabitants, living upon the utmost regularity of system, is yet exemplifying infinite diversities.
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Family
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The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Fear
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Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices.
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Feelings
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See that each hour's feelings, and thoughts and actions are pure and true; then your life will be also.
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Forgiveness
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.
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God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note -- torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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Freedom
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True obedience is true freedom.
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Friends
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Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends.
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