... of their failures came the most dynamic group of men and women the world has ever known. My friends, God can do that with your life as well. Sure, you've had failures. Everybody who has ever accomplished anything knows what it is like to fail. As Josiah G. Holland has written: Heaven is not reached at a single bound; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. When Nathaniel Hawthorne lost his position at the Customs House in ...
2. Men of Integrity
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John G. Holland
God give us men. The time demands Strong minds, great hearts, True faith and willing hands, Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking; Tall men, sun-browned men, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking. Note: Josiah Gilbert Holland (July 24, 1819 – October 12, 1881) was an ...
