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Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident,
It is the very place God meant for thee;
And should'st thou there small room for action see,
Do not for this give room for discontent.

— Richard Chenevix Trench

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More quotes by Richard Chenevix Trench

None but God can satisfy the longings of an immortal soul; that as the heart was made for Him, so He only can fill it.

Oh seize the instant time; you never will
With waters once passed by impel the mill.

As shadows attend substances, so words follow upon things.

Study of Words; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

It was Lazarus faith, not his poverty, which brought him into Abraham's bosom.

Not all who seem to fail have failed indeed,
Not all who fail have therefor worked in vain.
There is no failure for the good and brave.

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