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Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Motivational, Positive, Courage

Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

May, Easier

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.367

Humble Hearts have humble desires.

Heart, Humble, Humble Heart

George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.292

Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.

Plant, Barefoot

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.318

All are presumed good till they are found at fault.

Justice, Faults, Found

George Herbert (1861). “The Poetical Works of G. H. and R. Heber. With Memoir”, p.272

In solitude, be a multitude to thyself.

Solitude, Multitudes, Thyself

Lend only what you can afford to lose.

Lending, Loses

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Prayer, Night, Keys

None is a fool always, everyone sometimes.

Fool, Sometimes, Foolishness

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

Relationship, Forgiveness, Faith

God sees hearts as we see faces.

Disappointment, Heart, Faces

George Herbert (2010). “Priest to the Temple, Or, the Country Parson His Character and Rule of Holy Life, with Selected Poems from the Temple”, p.21, Lulu.com

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

Taken, Men, Tongue

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.362

Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.

Laughing, Wealth

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.321

None knows the weight of another's burden.

Weight, Burden, Knows

George Herbert (1871). “The English Poems of George Herbert: Together with His Collection of Proverbs Entitled Jacula Prudentum”, p.250

He that feares death lives not.

Life Death

George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.315

Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

Persons unmask their evilest qualities when they do quarrel.

Quality, Quarrels, Persons

A great ship asks deep water.

Greatness, Deep Water, Ships

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.306

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Roots, Challenges, Storm

Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.

Money, Poor

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.373

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

Mom, Mother, First Day Of School

He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.

Book, Needs, Gains

George Herbert, Ann Pasternak Slater (1995). “The complete English works”

If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.

Men, Good Man, Thrive

George Herbert, Joseph Hall (1855). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall”, p.315

Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.

Skins, Camels, Young

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.325

Never was a miser a brave soul.

Bravery, Soul, Literature

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