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Quote by Frederick William Robertson

“As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay, so men and nations are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.”

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Frederick William Robertson

Frederick William Robertson, born on February 3, 1816, and died on August 15, 1853, was a scholar whose career category remains unclear. His life story is shrouded in mystery, and his specific achievements and contributions are not well-documented. more

“I worked for George Bush. I'm proud to have worked for him. I think that a lot of the most controversial things we did, that people didn't like and - and criticized us for, things like the terror surveillance program or the enhanced interrogation techniques, were things that allowed us to save lives.”

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Author:Dick Cheney

“Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine."”

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Book:Quaint Sermons of Samuel Rutherford: Hitherto Unpublished

Source: Quaint Sermons of Samuel Rutherford: Hitherto Unpublished

“Look how fears have presented themselves, so have supports and encouragements; yea, when I have started, even as it were at nothing else but my shadow, yet God, as being very tender of me, hath suffered me to be molested, but would with one Scripture or another, strengthen me against all; insomuch that I have often said, Were it awful, I could pray for greater trouble, for the greater comfort's sake.”

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Book:The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come, Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discovered the Manner of His Setting Out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country...

Source: The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come, Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discovered the Manner of His Setting Out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country...

“As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times.”

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Author:Orson Scott Card

“Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory. I wanted them to feel good about what they had accomplished. Not to like losing, but to like the success that they had.”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“Therefore, as a player, as a coach, even though we might have lost in a season or not won a championship, it was like a self-fulfilling prophecy that I'm going to win some time. I've never felt myself a loser.”

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Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“First love, with its frantic haughty imagination, swings its object clear of the everyday, over the rut of living, making him all looks, silences, gestures, attitudes, a burning phrase with no context.”