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> [The tests of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The blow at the outward man may be the greatest blessing to the inner man. If God, then, puts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/the-tests-of-life-are-to-make-not-break-us-trouble-may-demolish-a-man/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

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> [The tests of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The blow at the outward man may be the greatest blessing to the inner man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/the-tests-of-life-are-to-make-not-break-us-trouble-may-demolish-a-man-2/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

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## Other authors on Inner Man

## More by Maltbie Davenport Babcock

> [Be strong! It matters not how deep entrenched the wrong, how hard the battle goes, the day how long, faint not, fight on! Tomorrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/be-strong-it-matters-not-how-deep-entrenched-the-wrong-how-hard-the/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them… To face every opportunity of life thoughtfully, and ask its meaning bravely and earnestly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/opportunities-do-not-come-with-their-values-stamped-upon-them-to-face/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [The only test of possession is use. The talent that is buried is not owned. The napkin and the hole in the ground are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/the-only-test-of-possession-is-use-the-talent-that-is-buried-is-not/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [The tests of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The blow at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/the-tests-of-life-are-to-make-not-break-us-trouble-may-demolish-a-man/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [Pay little attention to discouragement as possible. Plough ahead as a steamer does, rough or smooth - rain or shine. To carry your cargo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/pay-little-attention-to-discouragement-as-possible-plough-ahead-as-a/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [Salvation is not putting a man into heaven but putting heaven into a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/salvation-is-not-putting-a-man-into-heaven-but-putting-heaven-into-a/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [Lord, let me make this rule To think of life as school, And try my best To stand each test, And do my work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/lord-let-me-make-this-rule-to-think-of-life-as-school-and-try-my-best/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [You are not responsible for the disposition you are born with, but you are responsible for the one you die with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/you-are-not-responsible-for-the-disposition-you-are-born-with-but-you/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [Spirituality is best manifested on the ground, not in the air. Rapturous day-dreams, flights of heavenly fancy, longings to see the Invisible, are less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/spirituality-is-best-manifested-on-the-ground-not-in-the-air/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [Loyalty to God is alone fundamental. Feelings, words, deeds, must be beads strung on the string of duty. Let the world tell you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/loyalty-to-god-is-alone-fundamental-feelings-words-deeds-must-be/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [Prayer must mean something to us, if it is to mean anything to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/prayer-must-mean-something-to-us-if-it-is-to-mean-anything-to-god/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [I agree with you that the communion with the invisible saints must be more of a dream than a reality. But we have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/i-agree-with-you-that-the-communion-with-the-invisible-saints-must-be/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [The kindness of Christmas is the kindness of Christ. To know that God so loved us as to give us His Son for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/the-kindness-of-christmas-is-the-kindness-of-christ-to-know-that-god/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [Our prayers must mean something to us if they are to mean anything to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/our-prayers-must-mean-something-to-us-if-they-are-to-mean-anything-to/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

> [Unless we realize our sins enough to call them by name, it is hardly worth while to say anything about them at all. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/unless-we-realize-our-sins-enough-to-call-them-by-name-it-is-hardly/)

[Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/)

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