He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
THOMAS CARLYLEThere can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done; the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible.
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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
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Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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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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When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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History: A distillation of rumor.
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