Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.
Success has ruined many a man.
- Topic: Character, Success
- Location: Oceanside, Oregon
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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To succeed, jump as quickly as opportunity as you do at conclusions.
If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad.
Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first.
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He whose honor depends on the opinion of the mob must day by day strive with the greatest anxiety, act and scheme in order to retain his reputation. For the mob is varied and inconsistent, and therefore if a reputation is not carefully preserved it dies quickly.
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
One can acquire everything in solitude—except character.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Not a having and a resting, but a growing and a becoming is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.
The liar is no better than the thief, and if his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves. It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth.
Lie to a liar, for lies are his coin; steal from a thief, for that is easy; lay a trap for a trickster and catch him at first attempt, but beware of an honest man.
Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
The planet does not need more “successful people.” The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds.
The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best, which I believed then and believe now, is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.
