"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."
-Henry Ward Beecher
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"No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.“
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"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"
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"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."
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"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."
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"A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never."
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"The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope."
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