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Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you
win.
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you
win.
The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is
unchangeable or certain.
The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is
unchangeable or certain.
A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that
blow. It's the set of read more
One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that
blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way
they go.
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he read more
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection.
Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.
Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.
If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,
you'll find it's easy to slip into read more
If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,
you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of
life that's far below what you deserve.
People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked
while others have idled, have perservered while others read more
People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked
while others have idled, have perservered while others gave up in despair,
and have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial,
industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life
the success often erroneously attributed to good luck.
