"The person who has a firm trust in……" — Joseph Addison
"The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness."
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324 Quotes by Joseph Addison
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience…
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had…
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
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Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable…
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To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism…
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret…
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship…
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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
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I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of…
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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
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Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or…
— Charlotte Bronte
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For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world. Thrillers like 'Coma,' 'The Hunt for Red…
— Dan Brown
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To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the…
— Ralph Bunche
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I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things…
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Stride forward with a firm, steady step knowing with a deep, certain inner knowing that you will reach every goal…
— Eileen Caddy
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A senator will come off Capitol Hill and they'll be barred from two years from lobbying in the Senate. So…
— Jack Abramoff
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When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in…
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The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization…
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