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Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier. Money isn't everything - but it's a long way ahead of what comes next. There are three signs of old age: loss of memory ... I forget the other two. I wish I was as sure of anything as Macaulay is of everything. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. We will not know unless we begin. A decent boldness ever meets with friends. Some folks can look so busy doing nothin' that they seem indispensable. I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays. The father of confederation is deadlock. To finish is both a relief and a release from an extraordinarily pleasant prison. In much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. It takes wisdom and discernment to minister to people in need. We must look beyond the apparent and seek to meet the needs of the whole person. We can only do what is possible for us to do. But still it is good to know what the impossible is. Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. Inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic energy striving, but it comes to us slowly and quietly and all the time. The greatest American superstition is belief in facts. Give and take makes good friends. He who cannot do what he wants must make do with what he can. You create your opportunities by asking for them.
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