When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.

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"Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well."

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Inner Peace

"For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’"

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Reflection

"The end has come, as come, it must, To all things; in these sweet June days, The teacher and the scholar trust, Their parting feet to separate ways."

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Reflection

"Heap high the farmer's wintry hoard! Heap high the golden corn! No richer gift has Autumn poured From out her lavish horn!"

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Gratitude

"Somehow, not only for Christmas But all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad."

- John Greenleaf Whittier

Generosity

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

Belief

"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."

- Might Guy

Belief

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

Belief