Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
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Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
There are four types of people: Smart and lazy, Smart and full of energy, Stupid and lazy, Stupid and full read more
There are four types of people: Smart and lazy, Smart and full of energy, Stupid and lazy, Stupid and full of energy
She was and is (what can there more be said?)
On earth the first, in heaven the second maid.
She was and is (what can there more be said?)
On earth the first, in heaven the second maid.
No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.
No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.
You must look into people, as well as at them.
You must look into people, as well as at them.
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather or known of God,
how turn ye again to read more
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather or known of God,
how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye
desire again to be in bondage?
Character is what you are in the dark.
Character is what you are in the dark.
