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| A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. | | Uncategorized | |
| Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him. | | Work | |
| Culture means the perfect and equal development of man on all sides | | Uncategorized | |
| For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice | | Uncategorized | |
| For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service | | Uncategorized | |
| Happiness comes most to persons who seek her least, and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought; it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it. | | Happiness | |
| He had 2.7 million veterans under him. He carries a pretty heavy stick. | | Uncategorized | |
| How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. | | Age | |
| I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. | | Uncategorized | |
| I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy. | | Uncategorized | |
| I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. | | Funerals; Museums | |
| I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. | | Day | |
| If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature. | | Books; Friends; Life; Nature | |
| If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. | | Science; Theology | |
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| In sorrow he learned this truth: Though one may return to the place of his birth, He cannot go back to his youth | | Uncategorized | |
| It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative. | | Uncategorized | |
| It's nothing she would ever have given away. It's value is really sentimental. | | Uncategorized | |
| Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion. | | Joy | |
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