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Conscience is that peculiar faculty of the soul which may be called the religious instinct.

Samuel Smiles

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.
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Play Work Worst
Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.
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Life Responsibility Value
Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.
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Cost Polite
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
Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.
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Discipline Experience Goodness Sense Wisdom
Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.
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Creation Enough Finding Man Opportunity Way
Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.
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External Help
Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.
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Man Nation Purity Strength
To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.
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Example Leaving Legacy Man
Energy enables a man to force his way through irksome drudgery and dry details and caries him onward and upward to every station in life.
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Detail Energy Force Life Man Station
Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power; and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life.
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Admire Character Command Genius Heart Life Respect Secure
If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower.
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Angel Flower Mindset Open Pleasure
Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.
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Act Man Respect Weight Word
Make good thy standing place, and move the world.
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Goodness Move Place Stand World
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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Clothes Feeling Himself Man Mindset Noble Respect
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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Discover Failure Finding Learning Mistake Wisdom

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