Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, read more

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
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There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it ill behoves any of us
To find fault with the rest of us.

In brief, I don't stick to declare, Father Dick,
So they call him for short, is a regular brick;
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In brief, I don't stick to declare, Father Dick,
So they call him for short, is a regular brick;
A metaphor taken--I have not the page aright--
From an ethical work by the Stagyrite.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.

You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.

If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.

If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.

No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.

No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.