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So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

I want to fall… forward. At least I figure that way I’ll see what I’m about to hit.

I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

The hardships and dangers involved in the struggle give strength and toughness to the character, and enable it to stand firm in storm as well as in sunshine.

I, too, can work, and because I love to labor with my head and my hands, I am an optimist in spite of all.

Those who are not prepared for the apprehension of a great purpose should fix the thoughts upon the faultless performance of their duty, no matter how insignificant their task may appear.

He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.

Others, who love the art that they have made their own, exhaust themselves with labouring at it unwashed and unfed.

If we stay in process, within ourselves, in the joy of the doing, we will never choke at the finish line.

Success is jealous of scattered energies.

Until he has been part of a cause larger than himself, no man is truly whole.

Our frailties are invincible, our virtues barren; the battle goes sore against us to the going down of the sun.

It may consist with perpetual failure, and find exercise in the continued chase.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

This, then, is the end of his striving: to be a co-worker in the kingdom of culture, to escape both death and isolation, to husband and use his best powers and his latent genius.

With such aids and an honest purpose to do whatever is right, I hope to execute diligently, impartially, and for the best interests of the country the manifold duties devolved upon me.

Resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer.

Our cause, then, must be intrusted to, and conducted by, its own undoubted friends--those whose hands are free, whose hearts are in the work, who do care for the result.

Teach them that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and is already asking for their trained, efficient forces.

Education, then, is the safest and richest investment possible to man.

Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Passion.