The virtue of achievement is ...

The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.
The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.
 A.J. Cronin

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We cannot measure Divine Providence by the yardstick of human mentality.
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