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Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?.
Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?.
Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way,
surrounded by your family. Nurture their read more
Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way,
surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that
your children need models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten
when you constantly strive to present your best side to your children. And
even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have
a loving family, you are a success.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of
knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of
knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making read more
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. - All About Ourselves and Other Essays.
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those
who try to do nothing and read more
The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those
who try to do nothing and succeed.
Know and believe in yourself, and what others think won't disturb you.
Know and believe in yourself, and what others think won't disturb you.
Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure read more
Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words, but pouring
all right out just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a
faithful friendly hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping
and, with a breath of comfort, blow the rest away.
Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.
Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.
