"The humblest occupation has in it materials of……" — Frederick William Robertson
"The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven."
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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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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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False notions of liberty are strangely common. People talk of it as if it meant the liberty of doing whatever…
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What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
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In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were…
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The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
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Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little…
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The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to…
— Bernard Baruch
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From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.
— Dirk Benedict
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As a man may be born with a mathematical faculty, and by training that faculty year after year may immensely…
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Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
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Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage,…
— Jacqueline Bisset
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I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.
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