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Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get read more
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.
In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.
In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.
If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of read more
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that
I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I
have received and am still receiving.
If you can walk, you can run.
If you can walk, you can run.
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing
down, the other is pulling up.
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing
down, the other is pulling up.
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.
