True sympathy is putting ...

True sympathy is putting ourselves in another\'s place; and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination.
True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place; and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination.
 Hosea Ballou

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Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
The by-product is that they more people you help, the "richer" you become, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and definitely financially.
 T. Harv Eker
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

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Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.
 Hosea Ballou
A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring.
 Hosea Ballou
Some clergymen make a motto, instead of a theme, of their texts.
 Hosea Ballou
Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.
 Hosea Ballou
It is the goodly outside that sin puts on which tempteth to destruction. It has been said that sin is like the bee, with honey in its mouth, but a sting in its tail.
 Hosea Ballou