The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the beauty of its public buildings; but it consists in the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment and character.

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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

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Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.

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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say

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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.

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Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

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God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.

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The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands

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