Circumstances Quote by Frederick William Robertson

“That friend, given to you by circumstances over which you have not control, was God's own gift.”

Frederick William Robertson

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Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affliction or grief has humanized the soul.

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No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes.

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The man whom society will not forgive nor restore is driven into recklessness.

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