“He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.”
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“He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.”
“Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius”
“The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: The bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does”
“To create a little flower is the labour of ages”
“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it”
“One may do whatever one likes in art: the only thing is to make sure that one does not like it”
“A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably”
“Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks”
“It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at all”
“We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which they attained it”
“Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments”
“All men were created to busy themselves with labor for the common good”
“The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell”
“And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department”
“Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself”
“The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.”
“The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket”
“Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
“Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something”
“I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line”