Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a...

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of a...

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that...

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that...

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of...

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his...

Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure,...

Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure,...

Communism means barbarism

Communism means barbarism

And blessed are the horny hands of toil

And blessed are the horny hands of toil

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who...

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who...

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress,...

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way

Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way