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Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#elated #failure #i #success #will

But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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The Church in England is the Church of England. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces. ↗

— Judith Viorst

#bar #bare #break #capacity #chocolate

Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

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