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Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.

Samuel Smiles

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  No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober. Such reforms can only be effected by means of individual action, economy and self-denial; by better habits, rather than by greater rights.

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  Hope… is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

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  Character is itself a fortune.

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  Opportunities fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.

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  The great and good do no die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens.

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  Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

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  Woman is the heart of humanity, its grace, ornament, and solace.

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  Men cannot be raised in masses as the mountains were in he early geological states of the world. They must be dealt with as units; for it is only by the elevation of individuals that the elevation of the masses can be effectively secured.

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  The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast, well-doing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful; success treads on the heels of every right effort.

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  The truest politeness comes of sincerity.

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  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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  The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.

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  All life is a struggle…. Under competition the lazy man is put under the necessity of exerting himself; and if he will not exert himself, he must fall behind. If he do not work, neither shall he eat.

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  The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God’s own method of training the young, and homes are very much as women make them.

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  To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.

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  Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness.

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