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The secret of calm cheerfulness is kindliness; no person can be consistently cheerful and calm who does not consistently think kind thoughts.
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I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavour, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been if I had not attempted it
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There is an indescribable something about work with the hands that tends to develop a student's mind.
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To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear; and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
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The more you are and the more you do, the richer your life, the greater your joy.
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As there are silent depths in the ocean which the fiercest storm cannot reach, so there are silent, holy depths in the heart of man which the storms of sin and sorrow can never disturb.
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We give thanks for these things and that gratitude reciprocates, creating more to be thankful for. It’s simple, and it works.
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Success is the child of two very plain parents--punctuality and accuracy.
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This joy of life, this joy of work, in man is absolutely true.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.
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A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best
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Industry enables men to earn their living; it should also enable them to learn to live.
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success--the real success--does not depend upon the position you hold, but upon how you carry yourself in that position
Theodore Rooseveltverified·The Conditions of Success, an address at the Cambridge Union·May 26, 1910
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Unclamp, in a word, your intellectual and practical machinery, and let it run free; and the service it will do you will be twice as good.
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Throw away, in the first place, all ambition beyond that of doing the day's work well.
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Take no thought for the morrow. Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.