Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
Too much looking backward ... is bad for progress.
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
No man can tell if he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
The little troubles and worries of life may be as stumbling blocks in our way, or we may make them stepping-stones to a nobler character and to Heaven. Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent.
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness -- or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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