"Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character."
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"Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are."
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"Men love you more if they can be made a little uncertain about owning you."
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"It is impossible to govern the world without God. It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits and humbly implore his protection and favor."
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"You are the Universe expressing itself as a human for a little while."
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"Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much."
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"I think you should control yourself a little bit, so you can walk, and when you die, you can walk to your own funeral."
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"Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little."
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"People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved."
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"Birds fly Over The Rainbow. Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?"
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"Recognize and embrace your flaws so you can learn from them. Sometimes it takes a little polishing to truly shine."
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"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."
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"When Alexander the Great addressed him with greetings, and asked if he wanted anything, Diogenes replied "Yes, stand a little out of my sunshine.""
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"Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals."
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"A little science estranges a man from God; a lot of science brings him back."
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"If you see yourself as a "little sinner" you will inevitably see Jesus as a "little savior"."
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"Any Black person in amerika [sic], if they are being honest with themselves, have got to come to the conclusion that they don't know what it feels like to be free. We aren't free politically, economically, or socially. We have very little power over what happens in our lives. In fact, a Black person isn't free to walk down the street. Walk down the wrong street, in the wrong neighborhood at night, and you know what happens."
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"Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself."
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"God's a funky little dude because everyone's looking for Him and no one can find Him."
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"If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth."
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