 An exquisite watch went irregularly, though no defect could be discovered in it. At last it was found that the balance wheel had been near a magnet; and here was all the mischief. If the soundest mind be magnetized by any predilection, it must act irregularly. Author: Richard Cecil |
| Method is the very hinge of business; and there is no method without punctuality. Author: Richard Cecil |
| The Church always fails at the point of self-confidence. Author: Samuel Chadwick |
| A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable. Author: Billy Graham |
| Cheerfulness is the friend and helper of all good graces, and the absence of it is certainly a vice. Author: James H. Aughey |
| Cheerfulness sharpens the edge and removes the rust from the mind. A joyous heart supplies oil to our inward machinery, and makes the whole of our powers work with ease and efficiency; hence it is of the utmost importance that we maintain a contented, cheerful, genial disposition. Author: James H. Aughey |
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| Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
| Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak, but they show what he is. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
| Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. Author: Thomas Adams |
| If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God. Author: Watchman Nee |
| Before a saint arrives at the stage of spirituality he is sure to be dwelling in a mixed condition. Not content with a quietude in his spirit, he will seek a joyous feeling. Author: Watchman Nee |
| All the energies generated in the soul including talent, gift, knowledge and wisdom, cannot enable believers to bear spiritual fruit. Author: Watchman Nee |
