Poet, forger of ideals, dreamer among the possibilities of life, prophet of the millenium, do you get impatient with the prosaic life around you -- the dulness, and the earthliness, and the brutishness of men? Fret not. Go forward into the realm which stretches before you; climb the highest mountain you can reach, and plant a cross there. The nations will come up to it some day. Work for immortality if you will; then wait for it. If your own age fail to recognize you, a coming age will not.

J. G. Holland

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The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.

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A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them.

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If there be one attribute of the Deity which astonishes me more than another, it is the attribute of patience. The Great Soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry. In the realm of nature, every thing has been wrought out in the august consciousness of infinite leisure; and I bless God for that geology which gives me a key to the patience in which the creative process was effected.

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The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.

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The most beautiful sight this earth affords is a man or woman so filled with love that duty is only a name, and its performance the natural outflow and expression of the love which has become the central principle of their life.

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God give us men. The time demands strong minds, great hearts, true faith and willing hands.

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Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

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Calmness is the cradle of power.

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Doubtless the world is wicked enough; but it will not be improved by the extension of a spirit which self-righteously sees more to reform outside of itself than in itself.

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

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A woman in love is a very poor judge of character.

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Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.

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Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.

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