"The iron bolt which so mysteriously fastens the door of hope and holds our spirits in gloomy prison, needs a heavenly hand to push it back."

Struggle, Hope, Faith, Prison, Spirit

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"The iron bolt which so mysteriously fastens the door of hope and holds our spirits in gloomy prison, needs a heavenly hand to push it back."

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"The struggle is never easy to finding what is lost and to gain the best of what is to come without sweat."

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"Every goal has a road block, that is our fear of failure."

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"Forgiveness does carry with it numerous obstacles and one may well be surprised why many people find it a very difficult hurdle to jump over."

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"If you want relief from pain just strive to touch more of every part of life."

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"Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light."

John Milton, English Poet

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"What worried him worst at the moment - for it is often little things that are hardest to stand - was that his lip was bleeding where they had hit him and he couldn't wipe the little trickle of blood away although it tickled him."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"People simply say "Struggles bring you success, but they do not understand that those struggles certainly fuck us too."

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"I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing. I abandoned it and framed a humbler supplication. For change, stimulus. That petition, too, seemed swept off into vague space. "Then," I cried, half desperate, "grant me at least a new servitude!"

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

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"What am I doing? Tearing myself. My usual occupation at most times."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

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"Having nothing to struggleagainstthey have nothing to strugglefor."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

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"My inward experience has often been a wilderness; but Thou hast owned me still as Thy beloved, and poured streams of love and grace into me to gladden me, and make me fruitful."

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"Morning dawns when the grace overcomes nature."

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"We should all know more, live nearer to God, and grow in grace, if we were more alone. Meditation chews the cud and extracts the real nutriment from the mental food gathered elsewhere."

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"It would be better to be deceived a hundred times than to live a life of suspicion."

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"The things that are essential to salvation are so exceedingly simple that no child need sit down in despair of understanding the things which make for his peace. Christ crucified is not a riddle for sages, but a plain truth for plain people. True it is meat for men, but it is also milk for babes."

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"Martin Luther used to say temptation is the best teacher for a minister."

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"If boys would think, it would be well to give them less classwork and more opportunity for thought."

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"Man is a fallen star till he is right with heaven: he is out of order with himself and all around him till he occupies his true place in relation to God. When he serves God, he has reached that point where he doth serve himself best, and enjoys himself most. It is man's honour, it is man's joy, it is man's heaven, to live unto God."

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"This woman gained comfort in her misery by thinking GREAT THOUGHTS OF CHRIST."

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"In the Salem of our peaceful hearts, the name of Jesus is great beyond compare: He has won our love, and He shall wear it."

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