"I met another man who considered himself..." - Quote by Charles Spurgeon
I met another man who considered himself perfect, but he was thoroughly mad; and I do not believe that any of the pretenders to perfection are better than good maniacs... for while a man has got a spark of reason left in him, he cannot, unless he is the most impudent of impostors, talk about being perfect.
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“Nothing is improved by anger, unless it be the arch of a cat's back. A man with his back up is spoiling his figure. People look none the handsomer for being red in the face. It takes a great deal out of a man to get into a towering rage; it is almost as unhealthy as having a fit. . . . Whatever wrong I suffer, it can not do me half so much hurt as being angry about it.”
“The greater our present trials, the louder will our future songs be, and the more intense our joyful gratitude.”
“There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.”
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“We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.”
“A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.”
“Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.”