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All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Strong convictions precede great actions.

See to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

Love is the spirit of life, and makes all things live.

Conscience is the root of all true courage.

Whenever we do what we can, we immediately can do more.

He who believes in goodness has the essence of all faith. He is a man of cheerful yesterdays and confident to-morrows.

One of the best things in the gospel of Jesus is the stress it lays on small things. It ascribes more value to quality than to quantity; it teaches that God does not ask how much we do, but how we do it.

Submission to duty and God gives the highest energy. He, who has done the greatest work on earth, said that He came down from heaven, not to do His own will, but the will of Him who sent Him, Whoever allies himself with God is armed with all the forces of the invisible world.

Amid all change, we desire something permanent; amid all variety, something stable; amid all progress, some central unity of life; something which deepens as we ascend; which roots itself as we advance; which grows more and more tenacious of the old, while becoming more and more open to the new.

I can do small things in a great way.

It is no natural for a man to pray that no theory can prevent him from doing it.

When I consider what some books have done for the world, and what they are doing, how they keep up our hope, awaken new courage and faith, soothe pain, give an ideal life those whose hours are cold and hard, bind together distant ages and foreign lands, create new worlds of beauty, bring down truth from heaven; I give eternal blessings for this gift, and thank God for books.

Manliness means perfect manhood, as womanliness implies perfect womanhood. Manliness is the character of a man as he ought to be, as he was meant to be.

The atheist has no hope.

Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.

Unmixed praise is not due to any one. It leaves behind a sense of unreality. We can only do justice to a great man by a discriminating criticism. Hero-worship, which paints a faultless monster, whom the world never saw, is like those modern pictures which are a blaze of light without any shadow.

Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.