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Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top. Nor should we permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities.

The Negro boy has obstacles, discouragements, and temptations to battle with that are little known to those not situated as he is.

Little by little, very slowly, and with most unjust and cruel opposition, at cost of all life holds most dear, it is being gradually established by many martyrdoms that human work is woman’s as well as man’s.

My long-crushed spirit rose, cowardice departed, bold defiance took its place; and I now resolved that, however long I might remain a slave in form, the day had passed forever when I could be a slave in fact.

You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man

The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.

Cease your complaining and fretting; none of these things which you blame are the cause of your poverty; the cause is within yourself, and where the cause is, there is the remedy.

Do not fall into the entitlement trap of feeling you are a victim, you are not. Get over it and get on with it.

Noble disappointment, noble self-denial, are not to be admired, not even to be pardoned, if they bring bitterness.

Sometimes no matter how well you prepare or how well you perform you still end up as a sugar cookie. It’s just the way life is sometimes.