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God gives burdens; also shoulders.
God gives burdens; also shoulders Jimmy Carter cited this Jewish saying in his concession speech at the end of the 1980 election.
At least he said it was a Jewish saying; I can't find it anywhere....
God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them. -- German proverb
God gives us love. Something to love He lends u
but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone....
God gives us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends.
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
-- Reinhold N...
God grant me the senility to accept the things I cannot change, The frustration to try to change things I cannot affect, and the wisdom to tell the difference.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the weaponry to make the difference.
God grant me the serenity to fix the bugs I find, and to call the rest features.
God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
-- Daniel Webster (1782-1852) -- Speech, June 3, 1834, Vol. iv, p. 47...

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