J. G. Holland Quotes

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• God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

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  Success, God, Work

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• Joys divided are increased.

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  Life, Happiness, Joy

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• The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.

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  Love, Positive, Heartbreak

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• Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

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  Character, Men, Reputation

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• A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them.

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  Women, Eye, Vision

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• If there be one attribute of the Deity which astonishes me more than another, it is the attribute of patience. The Great Soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry. In the realm of nature, every thing has been wrought out in the august consciousness of infinite leisure; and I bless God for that geology which gives me a key to the patience in which the creative process was effected.

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  Keys, August, Giving

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• Blessed is that man who knows his own distaff and has found his own spindle.

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  Blessed, Men, Found

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• Artists are nearest God. Into their souls he breathes his life, and from their hands it comes in fair, articulate forms to bless the world.

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  Artist, Hands, Soul

  J. G. HOLLAND (1867). “KATHRINA: HER LIFE AND MINE, IN A POEM”, p.98

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• A fit of anger is as fatal to dignity as a dose of arsenic is to life.

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  Anger, Arsenic, Dignity

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• The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.

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  Life, Winning, Doe

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• The most beautiful sight this earth affords is a man or woman so filled with love that duty is only a name, and its performance the natural outflow and expression of the love which has become the central principle of their life.

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  Life, Beautiful, Men

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 394), 1895.

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• The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish.

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  Lovely, Secret, Unselfish

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• The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the moods of people, and his tact in dealing with them.

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  Motivational, Men, People

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• God give us men. The time demands strong minds, great hearts, true faith and willing hands.

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  Strong, Heart, Men

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• That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures.

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  Positive Life, Positive Inspirational, Positive Outlook

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• Calmness is the cradle of power.

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  Inspirational, Power, Cradle

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• Doubtless the world is wicked enough; but it will not be improved by the extension of a spirit which self-righteously sees more to reform outside of itself than in itself.

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  Self, Wicked, World

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• There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.

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  Motivational, Wrestling, Achievement

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• Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Responsibility

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• A mind grows by what it feeds on.

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  Reality, Mind, Grows

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• Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility, and the young should not only shun it, but by the most thorough culture relieve themselves from all temptation to indulge in it. It is a low, frivolous, and too often a dirty business. There are country neighborhoods in which it rages like a pest. Churches are split in pieces by it. Neighbors are made enemies by it for life. In many persons it degenerates into a chronic disease, which is practically incurable. Let the young cure it while they may.

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  Country, Dirty, Indulge In

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• Childhood may do without a grand purpose, but manhood cannot.

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  Childhood, Purpose, May

  J. G. HOLLAND (1866). “PLAIN TALKS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS”, p.109

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• Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.

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  Stupid, Pride, Progress

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• A woman in love is a very poor judge of character.

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  Women, Character, Love Is

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• Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.

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  Gossip, Confession, Malice

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