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"An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men."

"What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men."

"We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do."

"One says also, it is one of the most faithful men in Hollywood, and makes again more interesting it equal."

"There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."

"There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world."
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"In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim."

"All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless, it must be done by the Spirit."

"The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it."

"Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction."

"The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace."

"I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, for when at worst, they say, things always mend."

"Do you mortify? Do you make it your daily work? Be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you."

"The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh."
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