Character is undergoing constant change, for better or for worse–either being elevated on the one hand, or degraded on the other.
SAMUEL SMILESProgress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow.
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The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast, well-doing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful; success treads on the heels of every right effort.
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Enthusiasm, the sustaining power of all great action.
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Conscience is that peculiar faculty of the soul which may be called the religious instinct.
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There are many counterfeits of character, but the genuine article is difficult to be mistaken.
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Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.
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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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Work is one of the best educators of practical character.
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The principal industrial excellence of the English people lay in their capacity of present exertion for a distant object.
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Great men stamp their mind upon their age and nation.
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Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.
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The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.
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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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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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With will one can do anything.
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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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This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron.
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The cheapest of all things is kindness, its exercise requiring the least possible trouble and self-sacrifice. Win hearts, said Burleigh to Queen Elizabeth, and you have all men’s hearts and purses.
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There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.
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He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.
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The great leader attracts to himself men of kindred character, drawing them towards him as the loadstone draws iron.
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Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh to -day as when they first passed through their authors’ minds ages ago.
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Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
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Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.
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Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.
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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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Character is itself a fortune.
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