In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEGreat warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
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The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.
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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
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