Our life does not develop as a result of chance, but as a result of causes.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
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Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
No duty is more urgent than giving thanks.
The universe does not favor the greedy, dishonest and evil people, even when it seems so. It helps honest, generous and virtuous people.
Before a man can accomplish anything of an enduring nature in the world, he must first of all acquire some measure of success in the management of his own mind.
The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.
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Great is he, who conquers the frightful. Sublime is he, who, while succumbing to it, fears it not.
You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
Two of the hardest tests in life: The patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter.
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
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.
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
Those are most desirous of honor and glory who cry out the loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
