There is no kind obondage which life lays upon us that may not yield both sweetness and strength; … - Hamilton Wright Mabie

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Music is one of the most amazing things to me and it's an honor to connect with people through it.

Hamilton Wright Mabie

There is no kind obondage which life lays upon us that may not yield both sweetness and strength; and nothing reveals a man's character more fully than the spirit in which he bears his limitations.

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Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

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The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is what he will do with the things he has. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success.

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New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights.

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Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

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The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.

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