Whatever our place allotted to us by Providence that for us is the post of honor and duty. … - Tryon Edwards

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Have you lost your way? Don't be sad; be happy, because you will see new places, places that you have never been to! It is magical to lose the way!

Tryon Edwards

Whatever our place allotted to us by Providence that for us is the post of honor and duty. God estimates us, not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it.

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Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.

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Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it

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What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

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High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

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