Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he is made of. -Josh Billings

The World Makes Way For A Resolute Soul

It is astonishing how the world makes way for a resolute soul, and how obstacles get out of the path of a determined man who believes in himself. There is no philosophy by which a man can do a thing when thinks he can't.

-Orison Sweet Marden

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Idleness travels very slowly, and poverty soon overtakes her. -Hunter

Nature has made occupation a necessity to us; society makes it a duty; habit may make it a pleasure. -Capelle

Virtues The Idle Never Know

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle never know.

-Charles Kingsley

Power In Life

"The way that leads to power in life must ever be straight and stony. It is still true, and will be true forever, that the broad roads and flowery paths lead to weakness and misery, not to happiness and strength. There is no real happiness that does not involve self-denial."

-David Starr Jordan

Success is full of promise till men get it; and then it is last year's nest from which the bird has flown. -Beecher

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 293

"Opportunities Are Like Sunrises, If You Wait Too Long You Can Miss Them". 

~William Arthur