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Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.
Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.
Be smart, but never show it.
Be smart, but never show it.
Go far -- too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal read more
Go far -- too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain. The poorer and the baser you appear, The more you look through still.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not
sometimes taste of adversity, read more
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not
sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
It is necessary; therefore, it is possible.
It is necessary; therefore, it is possible.
The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.
The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.
To say, "well done" to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made read more
To say, "well done" to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.
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.
When one door closes, another opens: but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that read more
When one door closes, another opens: but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has
opened for us.
