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You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve.
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You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve.
We could almost believe that we are destined by Providence to an unsettled position on the globe, so invariably is a love of change implanted in the young. It seems as if the eternal Lawgiver intended that, at a certain age, man should leave father, mother, and the dwelling of his infancy, to seek his fortunes over the wide world.
If we lose that sacred fire, if we let it be smothered with doubt and fear, then we shall reject the destiny which Washington strove so valiantly and so triumphantly to establish. The preservation of the spirit and faith of the Nation does, and will, furnish the highest justification for every sacrifice that we may make in the cause of national defense.
The best can't find you, until you put the worst behind you.
Dare to look up to God and say: "Make use of me for the future as Thou wilt. I am of the same mind; I am one with Thee. I refuse nothing which seems good to Thee. Lead me whither Thou wilt. Clothe me in whatever dress Thou wilt."
Let's go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle.
Young men look rather to the past age than the present, and therefore the future may have some hopes of them.
It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.
What's comin' will come and we'll meet it when it does.