Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.

Quote by Charles Kingsley

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Happiness is what happens to us when we try to make someone else happy.

Happiness is what happens to us when we try to make someone else happy.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and...

Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and...

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is...

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is...

Every Winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down...

Every Winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down...

Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put...

Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put...

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly,...

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly,...

There are two freedoms; The false, where man is free to do what he likes;...

There are two freedoms; The false, where man is free to do what he likes;...

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what...

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what...

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an...

We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an...

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of...

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of...

There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.

There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.