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Wesley's Diligence
During his ministry John Wesley rode over 250,000 miles on horseback, a distance equal to ten circuits of the globe along the equator. He preached over ...
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Moody's Nearly Fatal Voyage
D.L. Moody and his son Will boarded the ocean liner Spree at Southampton, England, on November 23, 1892. Moody had just finished revival meetings in London, ...
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Getting Stuck Short of the Goal
A man named Floyd Collins, in 1925, was exploring near Mammoth Cave in Kentucky and got stuck. He was fifty-five feet from the surface and he got stuck. ...
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Hard Assignments
We do not want suffering; we want success. We identify not with those who are low and hurt but with those who are high and healthy. We don't like ...
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Hold onto Ideals
People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. Worry, self-doubt, self-distrust, ...
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Working While We Wait
During his 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy often closed his speeches with the story of Colonel Davenport, the Speaker of the Connecticut House ...
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Only the Beginning ...
I heard about a little girl who experienced a major breakthrough in her life when she learned to tie her own shoes. Instead of excitement, she was overcome ...
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Out of Gas
One New Year's Day, in the Tournament of Roses parade, a beautiful float suddenly sputtered and quit. It was out of gas. The whole parade was held ...
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Discipline Refines Talent
Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
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The Road to Excellence
Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and ...
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