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Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it. -

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it. – Samuel Smiles

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The very greatest things – great thoughts, discoveries, inventions – have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. – Samuel Smiles

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Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step. – Samuel Smiles

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In the morning of life, work; in the mid day give council; in the evening, pray. – Proverb

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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. – Charles Darwin

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This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live. – Omar N. Bradley

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I havent understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it. – Igor Stravinsky

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Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness. – Alphonsus Liguori

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