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Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape read more
Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the
ground finished; but that part which soars toward read more
Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the
ground finished; but that part which soars toward heaven, the
turrets and the spires, forever incomplete.
How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]
How many unjust and wicked things are done from mere habit.
[Lat., Quam multa injusta ac prava fiunt moribus!]
Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the read more
Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.
Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.
It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all of your annoying habits are gone.
It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all of your annoying habits are gone.
We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions,
and we reap our habits; we read more
We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions; we sow our actions,
and we reap our habits; we sow our habits, and we reap our
characters; we sow our characters, and we reap our destiny.
