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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

Walter Scott

Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
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Beyond Control Fortune Mindset Mortal
I was born a Scotsman and a bare one. Therefore I was born to fight my way in the world.
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Born Fight Man Myself Way World
It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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Energy Ourselves Purpose Strength Wonderful
Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.
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Heart Heaven Human Spring Tears
Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
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Feeling Heaven Mortal
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
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Courage Truth Virtue
The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
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Deserve Himself Man
I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
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Myself Story Truth
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.
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Ability Attitude Equality Important Success
A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.
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Goodness Mortal Poor Wine
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Age Time
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
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Break Law Myself Word
November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
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Change Nature Season Sky
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.
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Break Deep See
Welcome as the flowers in May.
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Flower May
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.
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Escape Resistance

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