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My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go. - William Shakespeare One man who has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't. - George Bernard Shaw Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. - William Shakespeare The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. - Henry David Thoreau Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. - Benjamin Franklin Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find. - John F. Kennedy

If you would lift me you must be on a higher ground.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

- Edmund Burke

As a career, the business of an orthodox preacher is about as successful as that of a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos cat through Hell.

- Elbert Hubbard

The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls.

- Samuel Johnson

The defects of a preacher are soon spied.

- Martin Luther