The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
THOMAS CARLYLEOur 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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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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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
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Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
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The world is a thing that a man must learn to despise, and even to neglect, before he can learn to reverence it, and work in it and for it.
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