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The secret of happiness is something to do.


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The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.



A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.



For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.



How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.



I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.



I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.



To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.



One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.



The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.

The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.



In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.

In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.





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As footballers, we have time on our hands. Yes, we work very hard but we also have spare afternoons.

As footballers, we have time on our hands. Yes, we work very hard but we also have spare afternoons.



The only way to cure the disease is to find happiness and meaning now.

The only way to cure the disease is to find happiness and meaning now.



I've worked myself to exhaustion before. I was so young, and I thought I could do everything; it was just too much for my body and my mind.

I've worked myself to exhaustion before. I was so young, and I thought I could do everything; it was just too much for my body and my mind.



The industrial direction is sometimes too much. We should think more about fantasy.

The industrial direction is sometimes too much. We should think more about fantasy.



You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't retreat because people are going to defend bad things.

You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't retreat because people are going to defend bad things.



You'll see a lot of funny stuff, you'll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you'll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.

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God always gives a great blessing to humble beginnings than to those that start with the chiming of bells.

God always gives a great blessing to humble beginnings than to those that start with the chiming of bells.




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