American - Editor | August 23, 1878 - October 29, 1962
Beauty of expression is so akin to the voice of the sea.
George Matthew Adams
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I say to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.
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A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.
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It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone.
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No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job.
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We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.
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Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless - be unhappy - and die a bankrupt in soul.
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There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.
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There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.
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What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.
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The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years.
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What is more beautiful than a sea of water with a number of white-winged boats skirting its surface? Poetry and beauty contesting with the wind and the waves!
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