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If you want to test a young man and ascertain whether nature made him for a king or a subject, give him a thousand dollars and see what he will do with it. If he is born to conquer and command, he will put it quietly away till he... Seize Your Opportunity
"The blowing winds are but our servants When we hoist a sail." You must come to know that each admirable genius is but a successful diver in that sea whose floor of pearls is all your own. --EMERSON. Who wai... Stick
Patience is the courage of the conqueror; it is the virtue, _par excellence_, of Man against Destiny, of the One against the World, and of the Soul against Matter. Therefore this is the courage of the Gospel; and its importance, ... The Conquest Of Obstacles
Nature, when she adds difficulties, adds brains. --EMERSON. Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them. --WENDELL PHILLIPS. Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous ... Thoroughness
Doing well depends upon doing completely. --PERSIAN PROVERB. He who does well will always have patrons enough. --PLAUTUS. If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than ... To Be Great Concentrate
Let every one ascertain his special business and calling, and then stick to it. --FRANKLIN. "He who follows two hares is sure to catch neither." None sends his arrow to the mark in view, Whose hand is feeble, or h... Trifles
In the elder days of Art Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part, For the gods see everywhere. --LONGFELLOW. Think naught a trifle, though it small appear, Small sands the mountain,... What Shall I Do?
No man ever made an ill-figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them. --SWIFT. Blessed is he who has found his work,--let him ask no other blessing. --CARLYLE. Whatever you are by n... Will You Pay The Price?
The gods sell anything and to everybody at a fair price. --EMERSON. All desire knowledge, but no one is willing to pay the price. --JUVENAL. There is no royal path which leads to geometry. --EUCLID. There ... Will-power
In the moral world there is nothing impossible if we can bring a thorough will to do it. --W. HUMBOLDT. It is firmness that makes the gods on our side. --VOLTAIRE. Stand firm, don't flutter. --FRANKLIN. ...

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