Frederick William Robertson

Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

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There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

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We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

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Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

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Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

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The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

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In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

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It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits, than to say that our lives and habits depend on our opinions. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

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It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

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Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

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