Quote by Phillips Brooks
Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or

Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as Gods children. – Phillips Brooks

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A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. – Phillips Brooks

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Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing – where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger which he knows he was meant and made to do. – Phillips Brooks

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If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. – Henrik Ibsen

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Mediocrity is a hand-rail. – Montesquieu, Mes pensées

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When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there. – Cecil Selig

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Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic. – Jean Sibelius

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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frogs foolish ambition of swelling to rival the bigness of the ox. – Miguel de Cervantes

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