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Battles in life are never won... Life's a continuous business, and so is success, and requires continuous effort.
New York Times (1989)
Do not think a man has done his full duty when he has performed the work assigned him. A man will never rise if he does only this. Promotion comes from exceptional work.
'From Oakland: How to Succeed in Life,' The Pittsburgh Bulletin (1903)
We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.
There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
The mystery of life is not salved by success, which is an end in itself, but in failure, in perpetual struggle, in becoming.
Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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