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Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told,
A truth still sacred, and believed of old,
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Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told,
A truth still sacred, and believed of old,
That no success attends on spears and swords
Unblest, and that the battle is the Lord's?
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
We are the doubles of those whose way
Was festal with fruits and flowers;
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We are the doubles of those whose way
Was festal with fruits and flowers;
Body and brain we were sound as they,
But the prizes were not ours.
Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.
Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less read more
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed,
but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.
These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed,
but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.
Success demands singleness of purpose.
Success demands singleness of purpose.
If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, read more
If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, tho it be in the woods.