Anvils Quote by J. G. Holland

“Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer.”

J. G. Holland

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That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures.

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Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.

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Scholarship, save by accident, is never the measure of a man's power.

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“God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest. ~ J.”

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