The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWThere are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret,
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Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal.
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Resolve and thou art free.
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Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
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Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.
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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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They who go Feel not the pain of parting; it is they Who stay behind that suffer.
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All things come round to him who will but wait.
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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
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Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
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