Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.
SAMUEL SMILESSuccess treads on the heels of every right effort; and though it is possible to overestimate success to the extent of almost deifying it, as is sometimes done, still in any worthy pursuit it is meritorious.
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Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.
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This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron.
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Any number of depraved units cannot form a great nation.
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Luck whines; labor whistles.
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He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.
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Enthusiasm, the sustaining power of all great action.
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Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness.
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It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life.
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For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.
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The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.
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The government of a nation itself is usually found to be but the reflux of the individuals composing it. The government that is ahead of the people will be inevitably dragged down to their level, as the government that is behind them will in the long run be dragged up.
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Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.
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The tiniest bits of opinion sown in the minds of children in private life afterwards issue forth to the world, and become its public opinion; for nations are gathered out of nurseries.
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Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.
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The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast welldoing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful.
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