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Pray That Success Will Not Come Any Faster Than You Are Able To Endure It.

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A Creed Is An Ossified Metaphor.

Souls Are Made Of Dawn-stuff And Starshine.

The Woman Who Cannot Tell A Lie In Defense Of Her Husband, Is Unworthy Of The Name Of Wife.

Give Us A Religion That Will Help Us To Live - We Can Die Without Assistance.

Little Minds Are Interested In The Extraordinary; Great Minds In The Commonplace.

The Reason Men Oppose Progress Is Not That They Hate Progress, But That They Love Inertia.

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Secrets Are Things We Give To Others To Keep For Us.

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Progress Comes From The Intelligent Use Of Experience.

Self-discipline Is The Ability To Make Yourself Do What You Should Do, When You Should Do It, Whether You Feel Like It Or Not.

I Am Not Sure Just What The Unpardonable Sin Is, But I Believe It Is A Disposition To Evade The Payment Of Small Bills.

Freedom Is The Supreme Good; Freedom From Self Imposed Limitation.

Laws That Do Not Embody Public Opinion Can Never Be Enforced.

It Does Not Take Much Strength To Do Things, But It Requires Great Strength To Decide On What To Do.

Men Are Only As Great As They Are Kind.

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The Secret Of Success Is This: There Is No Secret Of Success.

There Is No Failure Except The Failure Of Trying.

The Man Who Knows It Can't Be Done Counts The Risk, Not The Reward.

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History: Gossip Well Told.

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No One Ever Gets Far Unless He Accomplishes The Impossible At Least Once A Day.

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I Believe In The Motherhood Of God.

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When We Really Live Truth, We Will Cease To Talk About It.

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Strength Comes From Solitude, A Waiting, A Communion With The Best In Us, Which Is At One With The Divine Spark.

All Noise Is Waste. So Cultivate Quietness In Your Speech, In Your Thoughts, In Your Emotions. Speak Habitually Low. Wait For Attention And Then You Low Words Will Be Charged With Dynamite.

Tragedy And Comedy Are Simply Questions Of Value; A Little Misfit In Life Makes Us Laugh; A Great One Is Tragedy And Cause For Expression Of Grief.

It Is Only Life And Love That Give Love And Life.

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I Believe It Is Possible That I Shall Make Other Creeds, And Change This One, Or Add To It, From Time To Time, As New Light May Come To Me.

Never Explain - Your Friends Do Not Need It And Your Enemies Will Not Believe You Anyway.

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Genius Is Only The Power Of Making Continuous Efforts.

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