No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock…

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Better not be at all than not be noble.

Better not be at all than not be noble.

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead to power

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead to power

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but...

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but...

We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and...

We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and...

Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was love.

Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was love.

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever...

All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever...

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

Authority forgets a dying king

Authority forgets a dying king

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead life to sovereign power.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead life to sovereign power.

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.

And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

Oh that it were possible, After long grief and pain, To find the arms of...

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made...

A man is not where he lives, but where he loves

A man is not where he lives, but where he loves

Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore; only the life...

Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore; only the life...