Spirit
“The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all the innermost parts of his being.” ~Proverbs 20:27
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Quote To Ponder ~Henry Ward Beecher
“An acorn is not an oak when it is sprouted. It must go through long summers and fierce winters, and endure all that frost, and snow, and thunder, and storms, and side-striking winds can bring, before it is a full grown oak. So a man is not a man when he is created; he is… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Thomas Carlyle
“The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping stone in the pathway of the strong.” ~Thomas Carlyle Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Benjamin Franklin
“Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” ~Benjamin Franklin Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Samuel Smiles
“To think we are able is almost to be so; to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself. Thus earnest resolution has often seemed to have about it almost a savor of omnipotence.” ~Samuel Smiles Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
“The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men – between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant – is energy, invincible determination – a purpose once fixed, and then – death or victory! That quality will do anything that can be done in this world,… Continue reading
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The Choice of Hercules
Editor’s Note: This excerpt appeared in Jan. 9, 2016 on AOM From the Memorabilia By Xenophon, c. 371 B.C. When Hercules was in that part of his youth in which it was natural for him to consider what course of life he ought to pursue, he one day retired into a desert, where the silence… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~John Webster
“The chiefest action for a man of great spirit is never to be out of action…the soul was never put into the body to stand still.” ~John Webster Continue reading
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Ben Franklin’s Maxims on Industry
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man heathy, wealthy and wise. Diligence is the mother of good luck. God helps them that help themselves. At the working man’s house hunger looks in, but dares not enter. For industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them. By diligence and patience the mouse ate in… Continue reading
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