"It is a sin to be poor."

Fillmore, Charles on poverty and the poor   

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"SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense"

Butterworth, Eric on sin
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"Sin is whatever obscures the soul."

Gide, Andre on sin   

"All sins cast long shadows."

Proverb, Irish on sin
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"Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on ostentation
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"A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better."

Beecher, Henry Ward on christians and christianity   

"It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is a sin"

Mayes, Benjamin E. on goals   

"There are nine requisites for contented living: HEALTH enough to make work a pleasure; WEALTH enough to support your needs; STRENGTH enough to battle with difficulties and forsake them; GRACE enough to confess your sins and overcome them; PATIENCE enough to toil until some good is accomplished; CHARITY enough to see some good in your neighbor; LOVE enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others; FAITH enough to make real the things of God; HOPE enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on life
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"He who is near the Church is often far from God."

Proverb, French on churches
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"The problem is not that the churches are filled with empty pews, but that the pews are filled with empty people."

Shedd, Charlie on churches
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"I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop."

Thomson, James on churches   

"She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God."

Walker, Alice on churches
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"Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God."

A Course In Miracles on peace
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"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."

Chanel, Coco on uniqueness
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"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth."

Tolstoy, Count Leo on greatness
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"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source."

Tolstoy, Count Leo on love
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"Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that."

Hazlitt, William on hope
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"The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on purpose   

"Man's chief end is to glorify God, and enjoy Him forever."

Westminster Confession of Faith on purpose   

"A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a worldly object, according to his nature at the time being; but whichever it is, he should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which he has set before him. He should make this purpose his supreme duty, and should devote himself to its attainment, not allowing his thoughts to wander away into ephemeral fancies, longings, and imaginings. This is the royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph."

Allen, James on purpose
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"The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder -- waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you."

Carlyle, Thomas on purpose
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"It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted."

O'Connor, Mary on purpose
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"Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it."

Allen, James on purpose
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"To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully."

Allen, James on purpose
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"At a turbulent public meeting once I lost my temper and said some harsh and sarcastic things. The proposal I was supporting was promptly defeated. My father who was there, said nothing, but that night, on my pillow I found a marked passage from Aristotle: Anybody can become angry--that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way -- that is not within everybody's power and is not easy."

Gordon, Arthur on purpose   

"Many good purposes lie in the churchyard."

Henry, Philip on purpose   

"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."

James, William on purpose
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"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time."

Mandino, Og on adversity
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"As there is no worldly gain without some loss so there is no worldly loss without some gain."

Quarius on materialism
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"The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration."

Ballou, Hosea on praise
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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Williamson, Marianne on fear
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"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."

Shaw, George Bernard on change
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"In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time."

Collier, Robert on adversity
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"This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."

Bacon, Francis on forgiveness
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"Forgiveness is the oil of relationships."

Mcdowell, Josh on forgiveness
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"The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action."

Marden, Orison Swett on forgiveness
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"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

Gandhi, Mahatma on forgiveness
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"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive."

Beecher, Henry Ward on forgiveness
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"A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive"

Harris, Sidney J. on forgiveness
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"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note -- torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one."

Beecher, Henry Ward on forgiveness
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