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" Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. "

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" I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. "

" Like Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of the earth and the life upon it, that I cannot think of heaven and the angels. "

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" Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds. "

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" In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write. "

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" To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind. "

" All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now. "

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" Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman. "

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