Woman is the heart of humanity, its grace, ornament, and solace.
SAMUEL SMILESCecil’s dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, “The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.”
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Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness.
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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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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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Self-control is only courage under another form.
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Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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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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With will one can do anything.
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Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.
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No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.
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A fig-tree looking on a fig-tree becometh fruitful,” says the Arabian proverb. And so it is with children; their first great instructor is example.
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Character is undergoing constant change, for better or for worse–either being elevated on the one hand, or degraded on the other.
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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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Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.
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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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Stothard learned the art of combining colors by closely studying butterflies wings; he would often say that no one knew what he owed to these tiny insects. A burnt stick and a barn door served Wilkie in lieu of pencil and canvas.
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Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.
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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 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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Character is itself a fortune.
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To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.
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Enthusiasm, the sustaining power of all great action.
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The very greatest things – great thoughts, discoveries, inventions – have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.
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We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
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Work is one of the best educators of practical character.
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Obedience, submission, discipline, courage–these are among the characteristics which make a man.
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