It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.
SAMUEL SMILESThe great lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.
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Riches are oftener an impediment than a stimulus to action; and in many cases they are quite as much a misfortune as a blessing.
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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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Work is one of the best educators of practical character.
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The Romans rightly employed the same word (virtus) to designate courage, which is, in a physical sense, what the other is in a moral; the highest virtue of all being victory over ourselves.
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Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.
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Character is itself a fortune.
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Conscience is that peculiar faculty of the soul which may be called the religious instinct.
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The great lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.
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Success 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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The healthy spirit of self-help created among working people would, more than any other measure, serve to raise them as a class; and this, not by pulling down others, but by levelling them up to a higher and still advancing standard of religion, intelligence, and virtue.
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Cheerfulness is also an excellent wearing quality. It has been called the bright weather of the heart.
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Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.
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Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty.
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The most influential of all the virtues are those which are the most in request for daily use. They wear the best, and last the longest.
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