"I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."

Success, Direction, Movement, Progress, Wind

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"I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."

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"Action is the universal language of success."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

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"Religion,” [some] argue, “may be all right for certain emotional people, but you can't beat a man who believes in himself.” But this self-confident generation has produced more alcoholics, more dope addicts, more criminals, more wars, more broken homes, more assaults, more embezzlements, more murders, and more suicides than any other generation that ever lived. It is time for all of us to take stock of our failures, blunders, and costly mistakes. It is about time that we put less confidence in ourselves and more trust and faith in God."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"We must warn the nations of the world that they must repent and turn to God while there is yet time. We must also proclaim that there is forgiveness and peace in knowing Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"There are those today that say we must do as others do, that we must conform to the world [to win it], that we must swim with the tide, that we must move with the crowd. But the believer should say, “No."

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"Which is the most successful country on Earth? In whichever country dying is the most difficult thing, that country is the most successful one! And which is the most stupid country on earth? In whichever country dying is the easiest thing, that country is the most stupid one!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"Rebellion, waywardness, lack of discipline, confusion, and conflict prevent happy relationships within the home. But God is interested in your family, your marriage, your children. He shows us the ideals and the goals for the family."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"[While] disappointment and failure aren't identical, they often occur together, and both can hold us back from God's best for our lives."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"I look forward to seeing Christ and bowing before Him in praise and gratitude for all He has done for us, and for using me on this earth by His grace-just as I am."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

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"Revolution is an awakening, so is the spring! Spring is an awakening, so is the revolution!"

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"Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think."

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"To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man."

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"If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate."

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"Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions."

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"The great act of faith is when a man decides that he is not God."

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