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France was a land, England was a people, but America, having about it still that quality of the idea, was harder to utter -- it was the graves at Shiloh and the tired, drawn, nervous faces of its great men, and the country boys dying in the Argonne for a phrase that was empty before their bodies withered. It was a willingness of the heart.

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America is a willingness of the heart.

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America, where people do not inquire of a stranger, What is he? But What can he do?

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American is a very difficult language mixed with English.

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Americans see history as a straight line and themselves standing at the cutting edge of it as representatives for all mankind. They believe in the future as if it were a religion; they believe that there is nothing they cannot accomplish, that solutions wait somewhere for all problems, like brides.

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The kind of ancestors we have had is not as important as the kind of descendants our ancestors have.

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We are each of us angels with only one wing, to fly we need only embrace each other.

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Its easy to be an angel when you are in heaven.

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The broad general rule is that a man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

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Whenever you get red in the face, whenever you raise your voice, whenever you get hot under the collar or angry, rebellious or negative in spirit, then know that the spirit of God is leaving you and the spirit of Satan is beginning to take over.

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When you meet up with a disagreeable person, never allow yourself to be upset. Say to yourself, if a dowdy like that can stand himself all his life, surely I can stand him for a few minutes.

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The size of a man is measured by the size of the thing that makes him angry.

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The best answer to anger is silence.

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Sticks and stones may break your bones when there's anger to impart. Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart. Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

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No one can make us angry. People can say and do things to us but it is still up to us as individuals to do what we want with our emotions in response to those things.

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Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy.

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Anger is one letter short of danger, Greatest remedy for anger is delay

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Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

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The better I know men the more I admire dogs.

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If it wasn't for dogs, some people would never go for a walk.

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A fence should be horse high, hog tight and bull strong.

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A camel is a horse designed by a committee.

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Bad weather always looks worse through a window.

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Regardless of weather, the moon shines the same; it is the drifting clouds that make it seem different on different nights.

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If you can't appreciate what you have got then get what you appreciate.

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The greatest need of every human being is the need for appreciation.

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We are so often caught up in our destination that we forget to appreciate the journey, especially the goodness of the people we meet on the way. Appreciation is a wonderful feeling, don't overlook it.

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No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

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Everybody has the right to be left alone but nobody has the right to demand approval.

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An archaeologist is someone whose career lies in ruins.

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When two quarrel, both are in the wrong.

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There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.

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There are usually two sides to every argument but no end.

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People who know the least always argue the most.

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If you argue with a woman and win, you lose.

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An argument is like a country road, you never know where it is going to lead.

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A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

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A sure way of getting the last word in an argument is to say you right.

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Labor is the beginning, the middle, and the end of art.

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Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

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Many bad artists will tell you that art is life. There's a subtle difference however. You can turn your back on art

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It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture.

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Art the end result of perception, wisdom, intelligence, discipline, hard work, passion, luck, accident, and coincidence.

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The key to getting everything you want is to never put all your begs in one ask-it!

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Be careful what you ask for because you just might get it.

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If you don't want to deal with the devil, don't go in his shop. Keep on the Lord's side of the fence.

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How to trap an atheist: Serve him a fine meal, then ask him if he believes there is a cook.

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An atheist is a man who looks through a telescope and tries to explain all that he can't see.

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Two-minute attitude drill: To everyone: You can trust me. I'm committed to excellence. I care about you as a person. EVERY DAY: Do good. Do your best. Treat others as you would be treated. FOR TODAY: Nothing negative will escape my lips.

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Whether a glass is half full or half empty depends on the attitude of the person looking at it.

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The most vital thing in a man's life is his mental attitude.

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Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.

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One man gets nothing but discord out of a piano; another gets harmony. No one claims the piano is at fault. Life is about the same. The discord is there, and the harmony is there. Study to play it correctly, and it will give forth the beauty; play it falsely, and it will give forth the ugliness. Life is not at fault.

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Nothing else is needed to make you depressed, than to fancy you are so.

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Irritation in the heart of a believer is always an invitation to the devil to stand by.

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If you look for the positive things in life; you will find them.

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Your attitude determines your altitude.

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A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

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Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

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Growl all day and you'll feel dog tired all night.

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If your batting average is high enough, the Big League will find you.

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Remember: the average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top.

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When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.

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A baby sitter is someone who watches your TV set While your kids cry themselves to sleep.

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A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate Who can see better than an umpire standing five feet away.

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In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department.

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Every beauty which is seen here below by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come

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The average girl would rather have beauty than brains because she knows the average man can see much better than he can think.

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Every beginning is a consequence. Every beginning ends something.

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More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin.

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Wise men are instructed in reason men of less understanding by experience; The most unknowing learn by necessity. Wise men do in the beginning what fools in the end.

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Remember tonight.. for it is the beginning of always.

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Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes

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What we are doing at the moment is more that just one thing added to the rest; it is a memoir.

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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.

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Beware of assumptions! Whatever you assume to be possible -- or impossible will have a tendency to become real for you.

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I knew my trainer believed in me and I couldn't let Him down.

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If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential of others.

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If you do not believe in yourself... chances are nobody else will.

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If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win, but think you can't It's almost a cinch you won t. Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man; But soon or late the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.

— Source Unknown

The human mind must believe in something, so why not let it believe what it does believe.

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The very act of believing creates strength of its own.

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There never was a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn't be. He is too many people, if he's any good.

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Everything I do you blame on me.

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If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

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It's sad that, in our blindness we gather thorns for flowers

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Why do we spend years using up our bodies to nurture our minds with experience and find our minds turning then to our exhausted bodies for solace?

— Source Unknown

The human body is a peculiar device, pat it on the back and the head swells.

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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

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Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot read.

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Reading the Scriptures is an uplifting experience.

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In any situation, ask yourself: What strengths do I possess that can contribute towards accomplishing something in this situation? Then follow through.

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I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist: a book of faith and small neat worlds and of people who live by the philosophies of popular songs.

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Boredom is a disease of the mind and psyche, an insidious disease. It not only takes the joy out of life, but the creativity as well. No one of God's children should ever be bored with life.

— Source Unknown

A bore is a man who has nothing to say and says it anyway.

— Source Unknown

Boredom is not an end-product, is comparatively rather an early stage in life and art. You've got to go by or past or through boredom, as through a filter, before the clear product emerges.

— Source Unknown

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

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Don't be one to remember everything lent, but forget everything borrowed.

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Always borrow from a pessimist, he never expects anything back.

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