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Life Quotes by 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, is…
- Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a religious life of no force,…
- Present suffering is not enjoyable, but life would be worth little without it. The difference between iron and steel is fire, but steel is worth…
- 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…
- Good habits are not made on birthdays, nor Christian character at the new year. The workshop of character is everyday life. The uneventful and commonplace…
- Don't let the good things of life rob you of the best things!
- God be thanked for that good and perfect gift, the gift unspeakable: His life, His love, His very self in Jesus Christ.
- If we show the Lord's death at Communion, we must show the Lord's life in the world. If it is a Eucharist on Sunday, it…
- The Christian life that is joyless is a discredit to God and a disgrace to itself.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle