Thought of the Day

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Thought of the Day

March 11, 2016

It is obstacles that make men strong. It is not helps, but difficulties, conflicts, rebuffs, that make men of moral sinew. Too much ease and avoiding responsibility have made weaklings and dwarfs of those who ought to be responsible men of moral power and strong spiritual muscle. Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 495.

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