The Building Laws of Human Character; Or, Every Man's Monitor ...W.H. McCarthy, 1903 - 163 pages |
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... ourselves , for he that overcometh not himself in little matters , will not be able to do so in great things . - St . Francis Xavier . How can we expect a harvest of thought , who have not had the seedtime of character ? —Thoreau . In ...
... ourselves , for he that overcometh not himself in little matters , will not be able to do so in great things . - St . Francis Xavier . How can we expect a harvest of thought , who have not had the seedtime of character ? —Thoreau . In ...
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... advancement , but it has a very great influence upon one's character and self - respect . If for no other motive than to maintain our self - respect , we should never allow ourselves to get into a habit of 8 Character Formed . and How It ...
... advancement , but it has a very great influence upon one's character and self - respect . If for no other motive than to maintain our self - respect , we should never allow ourselves to get into a habit of 8 Character Formed . and How It ...
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should never allow ourselves to get into a habit of half doing things . Success . An even disposition is indispensable to the formation of a strong , reliable character . No one will give his confidence to a man who has the reputation ...
should never allow ourselves to get into a habit of half doing things . Success . An even disposition is indispensable to the formation of a strong , reliable character . No one will give his confidence to a man who has the reputation ...
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... ourselves the object of this conception , we open to our minds a vista of great pos- sibilities . To have a conception of a perfect man or per- fect woman is not sufficient , however ; we should also have an unquenchable desire and ...
... ourselves the object of this conception , we open to our minds a vista of great pos- sibilities . To have a conception of a perfect man or per- fect woman is not sufficient , however ; we should also have an unquenchable desire and ...
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... ourselves , for our shortcomings , our weaknesses , our failures ? Are we not , as men and women , capable of harnessing nearly all nature's power and having it do our bidding , able to master all animals , qualified to delve into the ...
... ourselves , for our shortcomings , our weaknesses , our failures ? Are we not , as men and women , capable of harnessing nearly all nature's power and having it do our bidding , able to master all animals , qualified to delve into the ...
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Page 119 - Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar ; The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel, But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch
Page 161 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Page 159 - Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust...
Page 60 - GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time...
Page 159 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Page 155 - That withers away to let others succeed; So the multitude comes, even those we behold, To repeat every tale that has often been told.
Page 33 - O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains ! that we should, with joy, revel, pleasure, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts ! lago.
Page 52 - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.
Page 159 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 161 - Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand...