Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
THOMAS CARLYLE
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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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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Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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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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Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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There are remedies for all things but death.
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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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If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
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