Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIAction may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
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There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
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Without tact you can learn nothing.
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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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As for our majority… one is enough.
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