"Boy Wanted": A Book of Cheerful CounselForbes, 1906 - 106 páginas |
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... and head and heart for making the most of the opportunities that await you . In Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them . up . — Garfield . Work has made me what I am . I never II "BOY WANTED" ...
... and head and heart for making the most of the opportunities that await you . In Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them . up . — Garfield . Work has made me what I am . I never II "BOY WANTED" ...
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... turn in bed it is time to turn out . WEL- LINGTON . - All men are to some are to some degree " self- made , " although they are slow to admit it except in instances where the work has been well done . The loser declares it is Fate's ...
... turn in bed it is time to turn out . WEL- LINGTON . - All men are to some are to some degree " self- made , " although they are slow to admit it except in instances where the work has been well done . The loser declares it is Fate's ...
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... turn to whatever my hands are about And with fortified purpose renew it , And the end soon encompass , for which I set out , If , only , like you , I stick to it . The sages declare that true genius , so called , Is simply the will to ...
... turn to whatever my hands are about And with fortified purpose renew it , And the end soon encompass , for which I set out , If , only , like you , I stick to it . The sages declare that true genius , so called , Is simply the will to ...
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... turn out If you stood in some other man's shoes ; But while all your ' might - ' a ' - been ' praises you sing , It's worth while recallin ' as how That no man on earth ever does the first thing That he can't do right here and just now ...
... turn out If you stood in some other man's shoes ; But while all your ' might - ' a ' - been ' praises you sing , It's worth while recallin ' as how That no man on earth ever does the first thing That he can't do right here and just now ...
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... civilization is not the census , not the size of cities , not the crops ; no , but the kind of man the country turns out . - EMERSON . Inherited wealth is when divorced from an unmitigated curse culture 71 THE VALUE OF SPARE MOMENTS.
... civilization is not the census , not the size of cities , not the crops ; no , but the kind of man the country turns out . - EMERSON . Inherited wealth is when divorced from an unmitigated curse culture 71 THE VALUE OF SPARE MOMENTS.
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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 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.
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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...