We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.
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It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
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