Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.

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O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

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Dear brightest star o'er Bethlehem, O let your precious light shine in with hope and peace toward men in every home tonight.

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O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

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Far away there in the sunshine are my brightest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.

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Clemency is one of the brightest diamonds in the crown of majesty.

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Shadows fall on even the brightest hours.

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I feel my belief in sacrifice and struggle getting stronger. I despise the kind of existence that clings to the miserly trifles of comfort and self-interest. I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.

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Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

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The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished, and glorified through the furnace of tribulation.

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Times of general calamity and confusion create great minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storms.

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Measure not God's love and favour by your own feeling. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest. The difference is not in the sun, but in some clouds which hinder the manifestation of the light thereof.

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Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.

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it’s when the sun shines the brightest that our shadows appear the biggest.

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Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

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Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.

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To be a star, you must shine your own light, walk your own path, and do not worry about the darkness, for that is when stars shine brightest.

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Thus sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud, And after summer evermore succeeds...

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To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest.

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