"The only test of possession is use. The……" — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
"The only test of possession is use. The talent that is buried is not owned. The napkin and the hole in the ground are far more truly the man's property, because they are accomplishing something for him, slothful and shameful though it be. And what is a lost soul? Is it not one that God cannot use, or one that cannot use God? Trustless, prayerless, fruitless, loveless--is it not so far lost? So may a man have a soul that is lost and be dead while he lives."
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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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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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