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A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.

The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity. Pride is the burden of a foolish person.

Every man's first duty is, to improve, to educate, and elevate himself--helping forward his brethren at the same time by all reasonable methods.

There is a dignity in the very effort to save with a worthy purpose, even though the attempt should not be crowned with eventual success.

Self-respect, originating in self-love, instigates the first step of improvement.

Industry enables men to earn their living; it should also enable them to learn to live.

Thrift does not require superior courage, nor superior intellect, nor any superhuman virtue.

We are responsible for what we are; and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.

In this life we get nothing save by effort.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above both is character.

Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.

If a man stumbles, it is a good thing to help him to his feet. Every one of us needs a helping hand now and then.

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.

There is little place in active life for the timid good man.

success--the real success--does not depend upon the position you hold, but upon how you carry yourself in that position

almost any man can do a great deal, if he will, by getting the utmost possible service out of the qualities that he actually possesses

The great crisis must come, or no man has the chance to develop great qualities.

Success in life is becoming what you want to be.