"Men do not fail they give up trying."
-Elihu Root
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"Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.“
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"To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a great extent, superficial modification of barbarism."
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"It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct."
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"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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"The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics."
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"The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify."
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"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity."
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"He that can have patience can have what he will."
-Benjamin Franklin
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"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world."
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"I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable."
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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"There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient."
-Sivananda
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"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy."
-Saadi
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