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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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We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts

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Failing doesn't have to mean not succeeding.

Failing doesn't have to mean not succeeding.



To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.

To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.



Maybe innocence makes its way easiest through the elemental chaos of this world.

Maybe innocence makes its way easiest through the elemental chaos of this world.



Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind.

Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind.



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I've still kind of maintained a low profile but people still kind of recognize you and will come up to you, and that's taken a bit of getting used to.

I've still kind of maintained a low profile but people still kind of recognize you and will come up to you, and that's taken a bit of getting used to.



As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.

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Well, God's above all; and there be souls must be saved, and there be souls must not be saved.

Well, God's above all; and there be souls must be saved, and there be souls must not be saved.




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