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To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever. Henry Drummond

Love Live Abundant Forever To Love

I partly know why I have not led a perfect life like other believers. But I avow to my Lord, and I do not lie, that from the time when I first knew him, the love of God and the fear of him has grown in me from my youth so that I have, by the power of God, always till now kept the faith. Saint Patrick

Life Love God Faith Time Me Youth Lie Fear Power First Other Perfect Perfect Life Knew Like Know Him Partly Always Lord Till Led Grown Now Why Believers Kept

I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me. Saint Patrick

Me Age Youth Old Before Old Age Thoroughly Seek Only Perfect Had Learned Hindrance Because Were Sins Which

Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation. Alexander Graham Bell

You Intelligence Will Nation Masses Educate Successful Certainly Standard Elevate

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. Andrew Carnegie

Strong Men Defeat Sign Weakness Strong Men Admission Morality Compromise Compromised Never Principles Said Sounds Contradictory Should

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. David Hume

Best Corruption Worst Rise Gives Things

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins. Saint Patrick

Heart Understanding Opened Lord Sins Should Recall

Look back, and smile on perils past. Walter Scott

Smile Past Back Look Perils

In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can. William Barclay

Time Good People Duty Our Ways Surely

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best. Andrew Carnegie

Best Approval Except Look Doing Your Consciousness

When you grow up by the sea, you spend a good deal of time looking at the horizon. You wonder what on Earth the waves might bring - and where the sea might deposit you - until one day you know you have lived between two places, the scene of arrival and the point of departure. Andrew O'Hagan

Time Good Day You Looking Spend Waves Earth One Day Horizon Scene Point Between Know Until Deal Arrival Up Wonder Departure Where Deposit Places Might Sea Good Deal Grow Grow Up Lived Bring Two

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. B. C. Forbes

History Become Discouraged Before Triumphed Winners Obstacles Most Because Encountered Won Heartbreaking Refused Notable Defeats

Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor. Bill Shankly

You Sky Aim Stay Reach Ceiling Floor

A rat race is for rats. We're not rats. We're human beings. Reject the insidious pressures in society that would blunt your critical faculties to all that is happening around you, that would caution silence in the face of injustice lest you jeopardise your chances of promotion and self-advancement. Jimmy Reid

Silence You Injustice Face Rat Society Pressures Critical Would Promotion Insidious Rat Race Rats Faculties Around Caution Human Human Beings Blunt Happening Race Your Beings Lest Reject Chances

We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us. Oswald Chambers

God Enemy Our Foe Only He Look Souls Us Conquered

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything. Peter Marshall

Vision Fall Stand For Something Unless Give Something Shall Clear Clear Vision Know Because May Where Anything Us Stand

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Thomas Carlyle

Business Our Distance Lies See Main Clearly Hand

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