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Principles: Life and Work

by Ray Dalio (Goodreads Author)

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Whistling in the Dark: An ABC Theologized – A Lexicon of Everyday Language to Jar the Mind and Nourish the Soul

by Frederick Buechner

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Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All

by William Zinsser

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Why Revival Tarries: A Classic on Revival by Leonard Ravenhill

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Prayer is conditioned by one thing alone and that is spirituality. One does not need to be spiritual to preach, that is, to make and deliver sermons of homiletical perfection and exegetical exactitude. By a combination of memory, knowledge, ...more

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David’s Quotes

“I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!”
― Mark Twain

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“Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: humor

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“The covers of this book are too far apart.”
― Ambrose Bierce

tags: attributed-no-source, books, criticism, humor, wit

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“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
― Calvin Coolidge

tags: attitude, attributed-no-source, determination, persistence

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