“He who stops being better stops being good.” -Oliver Cromwell
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There are nine requisites for contented living:

Health enough to make work a pleasure.
Wealth enough to support your needs.
Strength enough to battle with difficulties and forsake them.
Grace enough to confess your sins and overcome them.
Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished.
Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor.
Love enough to move you to [...]

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“Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more on it. A strength which becomes clearer and stronger through experiences of such obstacles is the only strength that can conquer them. Resistance is only [...]

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“Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered when others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.” [...]

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