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The cornerstone of modern civilization must continue to be religion and morality.
~ William Howard Taft
Posted by kevinstilley on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at 6:00 pm
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Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
~ Thomas Carlyle
It is they who have the will to act who oftenest win the prizes.
~ Xerxes
Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.
~ John Wesley
Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.
~ John Wesley
A man’s life touches so many others. When he’s not there, he leaves an awful hole.
~ from “It’s a Wonderful Life”
A man’s life touches so many others. When he’s not there, he leaves an awful hole.
~ from “It’s a Wonderful Life”
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the things you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned.
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
~ Alexander Pope
Posted by kevinstilley on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Filed under Blog · Tagged with Alexander Pope, Blog, confession, error, mistake, quotations, Quotes, repentance, wisdom
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.