Praise is warming and desirable ... what the human race lives on like bread. But praise is an earned thing. It has to be deserved like an honorary degree or a hug from a child. A compliment is manna, a free gift.
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Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.Phyllis McGinley
The story tells us, too, That if you cut a pine cone part way through, You find it bears within it like a brand The imprint of His hand.
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The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind They are dragon-seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock-full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat -- like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle I it took such months to get.
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Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made not only ugly but pass. People are no longer sinful, they are only immature or underprivileged or frightened or, more particularly, sick.
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The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession.
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Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!
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