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“May your life preach more loudly than your lips.”
― William Ellery Channing

“Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no other is, and to do what no other can do.”
― William Ellery Channing

“It has often been observed, that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge.”
― William Ellery Channing

“It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.”
― William Ellery Channing

“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. this is my symphony.”
― William Ellery Channing

“Every man is a volume, if you know how to read him.”
― William Ellery Channing

“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.”
― William Ellery Channing

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
― Napoleon Hill

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde