Quote by Norman Douglas
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Why always “not yet”? Do flowers in spring say “not yet”? – Norman Douglas

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Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague. – Norman Douglas

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If life has those moments — ecstasies of health, youth and peace… — treasure them. – Byron Caldwell Smith, letter to Kate Stephens

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Most of us spend our lives as if we had another one in the bank. – Ben Irwin

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The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has. – Hamilton

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When it comes time to die, make sure all you got to do is die. – Attributed to Jim Elliot

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