25 John Greenleaf Whittier Quotes

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The smile of God is victory.
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Through the dark and stormy night Faith beholds a feeble light Up the blackness streaking; Knowing God's own time is best, In a patient hope I rest For the full day-breaking!
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The steps of faith fall on the seeming void, but find the rock beneath.
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Our toil is sweet with thankfulness, Our burden is our boon; The curse of earth's gray morning is, The blessing of its noon.
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For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been'.
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The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.
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As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
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You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.
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His daily prayer, far better understood in acts than in words, was simply doing good.
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Forever from the hand that takes one blessing from us, others fall; and soon or late, our Father makes his perfect recompense to all.
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Yet, in the maddening maze of things, And tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed trust my spirit clings; I know that God is good!
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Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.
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Oh, brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother; where pity dwells, the peace of God is there.
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Who fathoms the Eternal Thought? Who talks of scheme and plan? The Lord is God! He needeth not the poor device of man.
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God's providence is not blind, but full of eyes.
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From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.
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Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.
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I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.
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Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
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The simple heart that freely asks in love, obtains.
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One brave deed makes no hero.
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Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.
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When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.
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Every chain that spirits wear crumbles in the breadth of prayer.
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We search the world for truth; we cull The good, the pure, the beautiful, From all old flower fields of the soul; And, weary seekers of the best, We come back laden from our quest, To find that all the sages said Is in the Book our mothers read.
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