William Ellery Channing Quotes About Inspirational
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Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life
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To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common - this is my symphony.
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A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.
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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
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The home is the chief school of human virtues.
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Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
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It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
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