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The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. Live mindful of how brief your life is. A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. We must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. Time is the wisest counselor. When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something. Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. "Oh, God, if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once." It is the commonest prayer in all languages. To wait for someone else, or to expect someone else to make my life richer, or fuller, or more satisfying, puts me in a constant state of suspension. Poverty makes you sad as well as wise. Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day without suspecting our abode until we drive away. The man who most vividly realizes a difficulty is the man most likely to overcome it. And let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. Art thou lonely, O my brother? Share thy little with another! Stretch a hand to one unfriended, And thy loneliness is ended. Compassion is the basis of all morality. Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen. The great end of life is not knowledge, but action. A danger foreseen is half avoided.
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