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Great men stamp their mind upon their age and nation.

Samuel Smiles

Experience serves to prove that the worth and strength of a state depend far less upon the form of its institutions than upon the character of its men; for the nation is only the aggregate of individual conditions, and civilization itself is but a question of personal, improvement.
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Condition Experience Form Improvement Institution Personal Question Service
The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.
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Growth Help Individual Spirit
Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.
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Time Willing Work
He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.
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Discover Himself Mistake
With will one can do anything.
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Oneself Willing
For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.
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Difficult Engagement Fight Men Ourselves
Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labor turns out at six, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence.
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Bed Foundation Lying Pregnant
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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Business Life Observation Pursuit Secret Success
Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book.
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Book Discover Each Other Love Man
Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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Character Goodness Noble Possession Property
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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Better Character Charge Hands Worst
Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.
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Labor Price Value
Obedience, submission, discipline, courage–these are among the characteristics which make a man.
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Courage Discipline Man Obedience Submission
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
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Discipline Instruction Life Nature Practice Reality Theory Wisdom
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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Difficult Greatness Man Reach Struggle Suffering Trial Work
Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness.
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Action Egg Purpose Run

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