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Luck whines; labor whistles.

Samuel Smiles

Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.
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Bright Darkness Happiness Side
The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.
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Growth Help Individual Spirit
Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.
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Clothes Feeling Himself Man Mindset Noble Respect
The brave man is an inspiration to the weak, and compels them, as it were, to follow him.
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Brave Follow Himself Man Weakness
Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.
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Inspirational Life Ourselves
Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow.
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Best Kind Progress Slow
Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.
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Character Control Courage Essence Form Primary
Experience serves to prove that the worth and strength of a state depend far less upon the form of its institutions than upon the character of its men; for the nation is only the aggregate of individual conditions, and civilization itself is but a question of personal, improvement.
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Condition Experience Form Improvement Institution Personal Question Service
The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
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Attempt Reason
Self-control is only courage under another form.
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Control Courage Form
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.
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Play Work Worst
The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron.
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Character Greatness Himself Leadership
It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.
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Application Finding Karma Luck Man Neglect
Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.
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Discipline Experience Goodness Sense Wisdom
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.
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Focus Short Way
Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.
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Aspiration Himself Man Rise

Luck whines; labor whistles.

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