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A small pot boils quick. You can tell much about the depth of one's character by how quickly he 'boils'.

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Elias Lyman Magoon

Existence was given us for action, rather than indolent and aimless contemplation; our worth is determined by the good deeds we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel. They greatly mistake who suppose that God cares for no other pursuit than devotion.

Care, Deeds, Good, Mistake, Pursuit, Work
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Invariably will you find perseverance exemplified as the radical principle in every truly great character. It facilitates, perfects, and consolidates the execution of the plan conceived, and renders profitable its results when attained. By continuing to advance steadily in the same way, light constantly increases, obstacles disappear, efficient habits are confirmed, experience is acquired, the use of the best means is reduced to easy action, and success becomes more sure.

Character, Experience, Habits, Mean, Perseverance

Those who do the least themselves are always the severest critics upon the noble achievements of others.

Achievement, Achievements, Laziness, Noble, Severest

In what a delightful communion with God does that man live who habitually seeketh love! With the same mantle thrown over him from the cross - with the same act of amnesty, by which we hope to be saved - injuries the most provoked, and transgressions the most aggravated, are covered in eternal forgetfulness.

Amnesty, Cross, Forgiveness, Habitually, Man, Men

The period of youth is the glory of nature, and the healthful development of all the resources of strength deposited in our nature is the glory of youth.

Development, Glory, Period, Strength, Youth

Lying is sometimes acted, insinuated, or implied, in a manner as injurious and shameful as when the falsehood is spoken outright.

Acted, Lying, Manner, Outright, Shameful, Sometimes
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