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It is often said it is no matter what a man believes if he is
only sincere. But let a man sincerely believe that seed
planted without ploughing is as good as with; that January is
as favorable for seed-sowing as April; and that cockle seed
will produce as good a harvest as wheat, and is it so?
-- H. W. Beecher.
The leaves in autumn do not change color from the blighting
touch of frost, but from the process of natural decay. -- They
fall when the fruit is ripened, and their work is done. -- And
their splendid coloring is but their graceful and
beautiful surrender of life when they have finished their
summer offering of service to God and man. And one of the
great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: Do your
work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.
-- Tyron Edwards.
There is a broad distinction between character and reputation,
for one may be destroyed by slander, while the other can never
be harmed save by its possessor. Reputation is in no man's
keeping. You and I cannot determine what other men shall think
and say about us. We can only determine what they ought to
think of us and say about us.
-- J. G. Holland.
Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen; in the market,
the street, the office, the school, the home, just as
faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great
battle, and knew that victory for mankind depended on our
bravery, strength, and skill. -- When we do that, the humblest
of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the
welfare of the world.
-- Theodore Parker.
Thou mayest be sure that he that will in private tell thee of
thy faults, is thy friend, for he adventures thy dislike, and
doth hazard thy hatred; there are few men that can endure it,
every man for the most part delighting in self-praise, which
is one of the most universal follies that bewitcheth mankind.
-- Sir W. Raleigh.
Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and
duplicity than straightforward and simple integrity in
another. A knave would rather quarrel with a brother-knave
than with a fool, but he would rather avoid a quarrel with one
honest man than with both. He can combat a fool by management
and address, and he can conquer a knave by temptations.
But the honest man is neither to be bamboozled nor bribed.
-- Colton.




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