You are your own devil, you are your own God, You fashioned the paths that your footsteps have … - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Good steel bends, but never breaks. Good steel stays always sharp and ready. Good steel feels no pain, no pity, and above all, no remorse

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You are your own devil, you are your own God, You fashioned the paths that your footsteps have trod, And no one can save you from error or sin, Until you shall hark to the Spirit within.

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The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

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There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

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It is easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through the tears.

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A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

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So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.

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