In the words of Elbert Hubbard:
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.
The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.
Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.
I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.
Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get.
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.
What others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.
Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.
If you want work well done, select a busy man - the other kind has no time.
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.
If it was woman who put man out of Paradise, it is still woman, and woman only, who can lead him back.
A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.
He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow.
Success is the most natural thing in the world. The person who does not succeed has placed himself in opposition to the laws of the Universe.
An American religion: Work, play, breathe, bathe, study, live, laugh, and love.
Would you make men better - set them an example. The millennium will never come until governments cease from governing, and the meddler is at rest.
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
I believe in salvation through economic, social, and spiritual freedom.
If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage.
The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and that the true teacher is a learner.
In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.
Life without absorbing occupation is hell; joy consists in forgetting life.
Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.
The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.
If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.
There is a wild, splendid, intoxicating joy that follows work well done.
The wise way to benefit humanity is to attend to your own affairs, and thus give other people an opportunity to look after theirs.
If there is any better way to teach virtue than by practicing it, I do not know it.
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