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Let my soul become enlarged; I am not enough; I am little and contemptible.
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To ask to see some fruit of our endeavour is but a transcendental way of serving for reward; and what we take to be contempt of self is only greed of hire.
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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.
29
No man is so formed that he can be left entirely to himself, to go his own ways; everyone needs to be guided by a preconceived plan, and to follow certain general rules.
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A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
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So I ask you today: How many ghosts are going to be around your bed when your time comes?
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It’s just as important where we are not as it is where we are.
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In our ordinary actions there is not one of a thousand that concerns ourselves.
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There are those who have gone, for want of this self-knowledge, strangely out of their way, and others who have never found it.
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Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
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The letter opens by naming Paul and the catalogue records that, because it is the only claim the text itself makes. Authorship is disputed: on vocabulary, style and the situation it addresses, many scholars hold it was written in Paul's name by someone in his circle after his death. That was an ordinary practice at the time and is not the same thing as forgery — but it does mean the name on the letter is not settled.
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For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
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The letter opens by naming Paul and the catalogue records that, because it is the only claim the text itself makes. Authorship is disputed: on vocabulary, style and the situation it addresses, many scholars hold it was written in Paul's name by someone in his circle after his death. That was an ordinary practice at the time and is not the same thing as forgery — but it does mean the name on the letter is not settled.
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It doesn't matter to me any longer how long I live, what matters to me most is how I live.
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If you have a dream that lights up your soul, chase it. Believe that you are strong enough to move mountains. Believe that in the moments of uncertainty, you will figure out a way to move forward. Things work out for those who believe in themselves.
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