Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

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It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a...

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a...

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

Jealousy... is a mental cancer.

Jealousy... is a mental cancer.

To make headway, improve your head.

To make headway, improve your head.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you...

Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you...

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy...

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy...

Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation, by actual experience in the school of...

Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation, by actual experience in the school of...

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be...

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be...

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well...

Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well...

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel...

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I...

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I...