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 To relinquish a present good through apprehension of a future evil is in most instances unwise ... from a fear which may afterwards turn out groundless, you lost the good that lay within your grasp.  Be sure to remember that nothing in your daily life is so insignificant and so inconsequential that the Lord will not help you by answering your prayer. The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy. The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. There is only one way to end a self-pity cycle: stop comparing yourself to others, and simply follow Christ. It is the little things that fret and worry us; you can dodge an elephant, but not a fly. A misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth. A man finds room in a few square inches of his face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants. If you don't concentrate, you'll end up on your rear. A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier and hoarser than his wife. They sicken of the calm that know the storm. Cheerfulness is as natural to the heart of man in strong health as color to his cheek; and wherever there is habitual gloom there must be either bad air, unwholesome food, improperly severe labor or erring habits of life. I reckon being ill is one of the greatest pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better. I suppose some editors are failed writers - but so are most writers. Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. - O. Henry He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices. All great men come out of the middle classes. Most of us have no real loves and no real hatreds. Blessed is love, less blessed is hatred, but thrice accursed is that indifference which is neither one nor the other. Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. 
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