“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit”
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“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit”
“Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.”
“One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success out of his life.”
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
“One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives”
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time”
“Marriage is one long conversation, checkered with disputes”
“Love is a fruit in season at all times”
“The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world brother”
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer”
“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”
“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.”
“It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.”
“Bad weeds grow tall”
“The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience ”
“Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it ”
“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies”
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes”
“By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean”
“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.”