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Frederick William Faber Quotes: We strain hardest for things which are almost but not quite within our reach.
         

We strain hardest for things which are almost but not quite within our reach.


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Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.



The great fact is, that life is a service. The only question is, "Whom will we serve?

The great fact is, that life is a service. The only question is, "Whom will we serve?



Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.



There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.

There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.



There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.

There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.



Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.

Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.



Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth.

Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth.



Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.

Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.



Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.

Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.



Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.

Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.





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Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.

Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.



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This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.




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