"Boy Wanted": A Book of Cheerful CounselForbes, 1906 - 106 páginas |
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... GENIUS ? " . PAGE II 23 Genius defined . Inspiration and perspiration . " Stick to It . " Genius and patience . " Keep Pegging Away . " Examples of pa- tience . " The Secret of Success . " 35 III OPPORTUNITY . What is a fair chance ...
... GENIUS ? " . PAGE II 23 Genius defined . Inspiration and perspiration . " Stick to It . " Genius and patience . " Keep Pegging Away . " Examples of pa- tience . " The Secret of Success . " 35 III OPPORTUNITY . What is a fair chance ...
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... genius . Present opportunities . “ Now ' and " Waitawhile . " " IX THE WORTH OF ADVICE • Heeding the sign - post . The value of guide - books . " The World's Victors . " Good books a boy's best friend . The danger of knowing too much ...
... genius . Present opportunities . “ Now ' and " Waitawhile . " " IX THE WORTH OF ADVICE • Heeding the sign - post . The value of guide - books . " The World's Victors . " Good books a boy's best friend . The danger of knowing too much ...
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... them away . - BEECHER . Trifles make per- fection , but perfection is no trifle . - Michael ANGELO . Anxiety never yet successfully bridged over any chasm .. RUFFINI . CHAPTER II " AM I A GENIUS ? " YOU 21 THE AWAKENING.
... them away . - BEECHER . Trifles make per- fection , but perfection is no trifle . - Michael ANGELO . Anxiety never yet successfully bridged over any chasm .. RUFFINI . CHAPTER II " AM I A GENIUS ? " YOU 21 THE AWAKENING.
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... genius . " Almost every boy cherishes some such aspiration . And why not ? Such a trend of thought is to be encouraged . It is proper and commendable . We would all be geniuses if we could . The world admires a genius . If he is the ...
... genius . " Almost every boy cherishes some such aspiration . And why not ? Such a trend of thought is to be encouraged . It is proper and commendable . We would all be geniuses if we could . The world admires a genius . If he is the ...
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... genius . " Almost every boy cherishes some such aspiration . And why not ? Such a trend of thought is to be encouraged . It is It is proper and commendable . We would all be geniuses if we could . The world admires a genius . If he is ...
... genius . " Almost every boy cherishes some such aspiration . And why not ? Such a trend of thought is to be encouraged . It is It is proper and commendable . We would all be geniuses if we could . The world admires a genius . If he is ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN achieved beautiful begin BENJAMIN FRANKLIN better BIRTHPLACE blessing BOOK OF CHEERFUL born BOY WANTED brain-wave Carlyle chance character CICERO cultivate day by day deeds deliver duty EDMUND VANCE COOKE EMERSON endeavor fame FRANKLIN friends fruit genius GEORGE MACDONALD give GOETHE habit hand Hank happy heart HERBERT SPEncer hope hour a day JEAN PAUL RICHTER Johnny journey Keep a-trying labor life's living look man's MATTHEW ARNOLD ment mind minute NATHAN HASKELL DOLE ness NIXON WATERMAN noble OLIVER WENDELL Holmes opportunity Patience PATRICK FLYNN purpose remember riches Shakespeare sign-post smile song sorry soul stick strength sure Sydney Smith tasks tells there's things THOMAS CARLYLE thou thought thoughtless tion to-day tree trifle trouble true truth Valley of Never virtue wait Waitawhile waste winning success wisdom wise wish words worth yender grass young youth
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Página 7 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Página 8 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says.
Página 114 - I remember a satirical poem, in which the Devil is represented as fishing for men, and adapting his baits to the taste and temperament of his prey; but the idler, he said, pleased him most, because he bit the naked hook.
Página 7 - Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires, so may a man tend the garden of his mind, weeding out all the wrong, useless, and impure thoughts, and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right, useful, and pure thoughts. By pursuing this process, a man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. He also reveals, within himself, the laws of thought, and...
Página 107 - A jest's prosperity lies in the ear • Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it : then, if sickly ears, Deaf 'd with the clamours of their own dear groans.
Página 120 - Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Página 7 - A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild ; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth.
Página 103 - One of the illusions is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write "it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday.
Página 33 - I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
Página 49 - A youth thoughtless ! when all the happiness of his home forever depends on the chances, or the passions, of an hour ! A youth thoughtless ! when the career of all his days depends on the opportunity of a moment ! A youth thoughtless...