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> [Attention is our first duty whenever we want to know what is our second duty. There is no such cause of confusion and worry about what we ought to do, and how to do it, as our unwillingness to hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/attention-is-our-first-duty-whenever-we-want-to-know-what-is-our/)

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## More by Henry Clay Trumbull

> [“Character gains through its expression, and loses through its repression. Love grows through its expression. Sympathy grows through its expression. Knowledge grows through its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/character-gains-through-its-expression-and-loses-through-its/)

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> [It takes practice to use one's eyes, even when God has opened them. And there are some believers who never get beyond confounding a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/it-takes-practice-to-use-one-s-eyes-even-when-god-has-opened-them-and/)

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> [The moment you accept God's ordering, that moment your work ceases to be a task, and becomes your calling; you pass from bondage to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/the-moment-you-accept-god-s-ordering-that-moment-your-work-ceases-to/)

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> [In all holiest and most unselfish love, friendship is the purest element of the affection. No love in any relation of life can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/in-all-holiest-and-most-unselfish-love-friendship-is-the-purest/)

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> [If a man is unable to find the way to Jesus, he ought to be led. It is good work this bringing the blind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/if-a-man-is-unable-to-find-the-way-to-jesus-he-ought-to-be-led-it-is/)

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> [Not prayer without faith, nor faith without prayer, but prayer in faith, is the cost of spiritual gifts and graces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/not-prayer-without-faith-nor-faith-without-prayer-but-prayer-in-faith/)

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> [A loving trust in the Author of the Bible is the best preparation for a wise study of the Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/a-loving-trust-in-the-author-of-the-bible-is-the-best-preparation-for/)

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> [Jesus has never slept for an hour while one of His disciples watched and prayed in agony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/jesus-has-never-slept-for-an-hour-while-one-of-his-disciples-watched/)

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> [An over-readiness to criticise or to depreciate a minister of Christ is proof of a lack of devotion to Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/an-over-readiness-to-criticise-or-to-depreciate-a-minister-of-christ/)

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> [Value friendship for what there is in it, not for what can be gotten out of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/value-friendship-for-what-there-is-in-it-not-for-what-can-be-gotten/)

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> [Attention is our first duty whenever we want to know what is our second duty. There is no such cause of confusion and worry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/attention-is-our-first-duty-whenever-we-want-to-know-what-is-our/)

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> [No parent ought to punish a child except with a view to the child's good. And in order to do good to a child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/no-parent-ought-to-punish-a-child-except-with-a-view-to-the-child-s/)

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> [Conscience tells us that we ought to do right, but it does not tell us what right is - that we are taught by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/conscience-tells-us-that-we-ought-to-do-right-but-it-does-not-tell-us/)

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> [There is no human love like a mother's love. There is no human tenderness like a mother's tenderness…In all ages everywhere, the true children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/there-is-no-human-love-like-a-mother-s-love-there-is-no-human/)

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> [There are ever two ways of striving to fill one's place in the world: one is by seeking to prove one's self useful; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/there-are-ever-two-ways-of-striving-to-fill-one-s-place-in-the-world/)

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