"One of the commonest mistakes and one of……" — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
"One of the commonest mistakes and one of the costliest is thinking that success is due to some genius, some magic – something or other which we do not possess. Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go."
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33 Quotes by Maltbie Davenport Babcock
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It will be hard for you not to ask why this must be. God knows why, and that may be…
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Our prayers must mean something to us if they are to mean anything to God.
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If you can help anybody even a little, be glad.
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Pay little attention to discouragement as possible. Plough ahead as a steamer does, rough or smooth - rain or shine.…
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Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them.
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Loyalty to God is alone fundamental. Feelings, words, deeds, must be beads strung on the string of duty.
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This is my Father's world: O let me ne'er forget That though the wrong Seems oft so strong, God is…
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Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them.... To face every opportunity of life thoughtfully, and ask its…
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Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a…
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Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard work to do and loads…
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Present suffering is not enjoyable, but life would be worth little without it. The difference between iron and steel is…
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The tests of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his…
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