Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.
SAMUEL SMILESEnergy 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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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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Hope… is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
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Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow.
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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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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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Persons with comparatively moderate powers will accomplish much, if they apply themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time.
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He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.
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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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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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Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.
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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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It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
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Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.
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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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