"Opportunities do not come with their values stamped……" — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
"Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them.... To face every opportunity of life thoughtfully, and ask its meaning bravely and earnestly, is the only way to meet supreme opportunities when they come, whether open-faced or disguised."
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32 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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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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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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Good habits are not made on birthdays, nor Christian character at the new year. The workshop of character is everyday…
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