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Book cover for The Quotable Hitler (Quotable Leaders, #2)
"God helps those who help themselves" "That is not only a very pious phrase, but a very just one. For one cannot assume that God exists to help people who are too cowardly and too lazy to help themselves, and think that God exists only to ...more
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“Any leader who is afraid of his own superiors should immediately resign, for he certainly cannot win the respect of his subordinates.”
Alfred Kotz, SS Leadership Guide

Jonathan Edwards
“God is the highest good of the reasonable creature. The enjoyment of him is our proper; and is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Better than fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of any, or all earthly friends. These are but shadows; but the enjoyment of God is the substance. These are but scattered beams; but God is the sun. These are but streams; but God is the fountain. These are but drops, but God is the ocean.”
Jonathan Edwards, The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 17: Sermons and Discourses, 1730-1733

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