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- Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.
- T. T. Munger
- You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.
- Robert Collier
- Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.
- The Talmud
- Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
- Robert Lynd (1879 - 1949)
- The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
- Saadi (1184 - 1291)
- To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
- Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD)
- No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
- W. E. Gladstone
- Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.
- Edward Harriman
- Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues, are happy if others can be depressed to a level of themselves.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
- Enthusiasm is very good lubrication for the mind.
- Author Unknown
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