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“We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us.”
“It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.”
“But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally to disclaim the representations of those opinions which have been put forward in some quarters.”
“Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.”
“The Church in England is the Church of England.”
“Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.”
“I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.”
“The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.”
“If you are apostles at all, you are apostles, not of men, nor by man. Your sufficiency is of God.”
“God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.”