Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. In common and trivial matters we may act without motives, but in momentous ones the most careful deliberation is wisdom.
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It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.
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Making the decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
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Forming characters Whose Our own or others Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.
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Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and responsibility of our existence.
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Making the decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
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The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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