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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

Thomas Carlyle

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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Deep Forever Shallow Silence Talk Time
There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done; the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible.
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Act Kind Possible Recognition
Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.
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Greatness Oneself Trouble
Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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Action Wasted Time Worth
No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
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Believe Force God Grace Himself Judgement Kind Soul
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
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Generosity Himself Live Man Way World
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Build Confidence
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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Honesty Man World Yourself
In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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Beginning Deep Moments
Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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Honor Kind Man Yourself
The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
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Appearance Love Soul Unity
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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Flow Heart Joy Kindness Laughter True
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Kind Man Misery Negative Work
Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
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Change Force Hope Memories Pain Past Present Work Worth
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
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Bad Change Fortune Goodness Ourselves Time
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
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Better Education Mistake Teaching Understand Yourself

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