Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

Quote by William Cobbett

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The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits...

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits...

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the...

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

You never know what you can do till you try.

You never know what you can do till you try.

I view the tea-drinking as a destroyer of health, an enfeebler of the frome, an...

I view the tea-drinking as a destroyer of health, an enfeebler of the frome, an...

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of...

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of...

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it...

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it...

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you...

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent

Please your eye and plague your heart.

Please your eye and plague your heart.

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but...

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but...

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much...

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much...

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

God bestows upon one man genius without patience and upon another man patience without genius....

God bestows upon one man genius without patience and upon another man patience without genius....

What a great discrepancy there is between men and the results they achieve! It is...

What a great discrepancy there is between men and the results they achieve! It is...