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It ofttimes requires heroic courage to face fruitless effort, to take up the broken strands of a life-work, to look bravely toward the future, and proceed undaunted on our way.
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Calmness comes ever from within. It is the peace and restfulness of the depths of our nature.
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Calmness is singleness of purpose, absolute confidence, and conscious power,--ready to be focused in an instant to meet any crisis.
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Calmness is the crown of self-control.
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Calmness is the rarest quality in human life.
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God commits to man ever only new beginnings, new wisdom, and new days to use the best of his knowledge.
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Stop, rest for a moment, and let calmness and peace assert themselves.
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To be ready for the great crises of life we must learn serenity in our daily living.
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But what, to our eyes, may seem hopeless failure is often but the dawning of a greater success.
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Failure is often the rock-bottom foundation of real success.
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Failure is often the turning-point, the pivot of circumstance that swings us to higher levels.
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High ideals, noble efforts will make seeming failures but trifles, they need not dishearten us; they should prove sources of new strength.
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Life is a successive unfolding of success from failure.
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Life is not really what comes to us, but what we get from it.
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Many of our failures sweep us to greater heights of success, than we ever hoped for in our wildest dreams.