Frederick W. Robertson Quotes and Quotations
Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything worth doing. On earth we have nothing to do with success or results, but only with being true to God, and for God. Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory. On earth we have nothing to do with success or results, but only with being true to God, and for God. Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory. No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes. Life, like war, is a series of mistakes, and he is best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes. Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory. Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affection or grief has humanized the soul.
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