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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Thomas Carlyle

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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Inspirational Motivational Obstacle Path Perspective Strong Weakness
The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
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Appearance Love Soul Unity
It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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Deep Himself Man Poet Sincere Vision
History: A distillation of rumor.
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History One Liner Rumor
Love is not altogether a Delirium, says he elsewhere; “yet has it many points in common therewith.”
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Common Himself Love Togetherness
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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Deep Forever Shallow Silence Talk Time
A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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Greatness Himself Man Treat
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
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Believe Himself Man Original Sincere
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Achievement Desire Development Man Power Stop
If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
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Better Man Talk Wasted Yourself
He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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Belief Deep Hard Time Health Hope Motivational
Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
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Change Force Hope Memories Pain Past Present Work Worth
Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.
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Greatness Oneself Trouble
Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
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Action Alone End Kind
It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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Deep Head Heart See
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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Act Fear Himself Man

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

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