"We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort."

-- Christopher Morley

#Inspirational Quotes #Children Quotes #Effort Quotes

“It is a woman, and only a woman, â€” a woman all by herself, if she likes, and without any man to help her, â€” who can turn a house into a home.”

Source : Frances Power Cobbe (2010). “The Duties of Women: A Course of Lectures”, p.115, Cambridge University Press
“There's always going to be somebody who takes a dislike to you and you can't waste time worrying about it.”
“Whenever I get a free day, I drive up to some part of California that looks promising on the map.”
“If you thirst you may drink.”
“There is no sinfulness in the will and affections without some error in the understanding. All lusts which a natural man lives in, are lusts of ignorance.”

Source : George Gillespie (1846). “The Presbyterian's Armoury”
“It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I cannot afford the luxury of a closed mind.”
“Be grateful for who you are and whatever you have. Everything you have is a gift from God.”
“Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to diminish something of their pains.”

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