Mary Gardiner Brainard famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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That which we look on with unselfish love And true humility is surely ours, Even as a lake looks at the stars above And makes within itself a heaven of stars.
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I see not a step before me as I tread on another year;But I've left the Past in God's keeping,-the FutureHis mercy shall clear;And what looks dark in the distance may brighten as I draw near.
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And what looks dark in the distance may brighten as I draw near.
-- Mary Gardiner Brainard
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Stars, I have seen them fall, But when they drop and die No star is lost at all From all the star-sown sky. The toil of all that be Helps not the primal fault; It rains into the sea And still the sea is salt.
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You know what shows today are missing? Stars.
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I was born by God's dear grace, in an extraordinary place. Where the stars and stripes, and the eagle fly.
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Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
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Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout, To all the winds of Our Country's Banner! Be every bar, and every star, Displayed in full and glorious manner! Blow, zephyrs, blow, keep the dear ensign flying! Blow, zephyrs, sweetly mournful, sighing, sighing, sighing!
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Beginning of all knowledge comes from humility.
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Humility is not weakness, but strength under control
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The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.
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On the periscope . . . . What a beautiful view. Cloud cover over Florida - three to four tenths near the eastern coast. Obscured up to Hatteras . . . I can see [lake] Okeechobee. Identify Andros Island. Identify the reefs.
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Music is an ocean, but the repertory is hardly even a lake; it is a pond.
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