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Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer read more
Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer creaks and ;groans. If people were universally cheerful, probably there wouldn't be half the quarreling or a tenth part of the wickedness ;there is. Cheerfulness, too, promotes health and immortality. Cheerful people live longest here on earth, afterward in our hearts.
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was.
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was.
Buying on trust is the way to pay double.
Buying on trust is the way to pay double.
The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.
The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.
Silence is one great art of conversation.
Silence is one great art of conversation.
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no read more
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
Character is a victory, not a gift.
Character is a victory, not a gift.
A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.
A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.
When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is read more
When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you read more
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're smiling and everyone around you is crying.