"Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and……" — Frederick William Robertson
"Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations."
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Frederick William Robertson
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51 Quotes by Frederick William Robertson
Frederick William Robertson has 51 quotes on this site.
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As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay,…
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Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place…
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Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.
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Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory.
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It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.
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In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly…
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On earth we have nothing to do with success or results, but only with being true to God, and for…
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Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.
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The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven.
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We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.
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There is a past which is gone forever, but there is a future which is still our own.
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Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affliction or grief has humanized the…
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More Bettered Quotes
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As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay,…
— Frederick William Robertson
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As the wicked are hurt by the best things, so the godly are bettered by the worst.
— William Jenkyn
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Already I've bettered my result from Snapper. It's a long year; plenty of the top guys will hopefully have one…
— Jordy Smith
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We cannot grasp the true meaning of the divine holiness by thinking of someone or something very pure and then…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of…
— Ezra Pound
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Our grandfathers were less well-housed, well-fed, well-clothed than we are. The strivings by which they bettered their lot are also…
— Aldo Leopold
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I want my legacy to be that I was a man of character, I was a God fearing man and…
— Andre Ward
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For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrowers, among good authors is accounted…
— John Milton
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Sometimes the person that excites you most isn't necessarily going to make the best husband or wife. It takes a…
— Omar Suleiman
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And as hearbes and trees are bettered and fortified by being transplanted, so formes of speach are embellished and graced…
— Michel de Montaigne
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The original vocals had an awful lot of work put into them at the time, and I wasn't really sure…
— Kate Bush
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The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.
— John Ruskin
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