Getting On in the World; Or, Hints On Success in Life. by William Mathews ...Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1874 - 380 Seiten |
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... had more activity of mind , is to say how strong a man would be if he only had more strength ; or how swiftly # a steamer would cut the waves , if she had 1 * SUCCESS AND FAILURE . 9 astonish the world with "Hamlets" and "Principias...
... had more activity of mind , is to say how strong a man would be if he only had more strength ; or how swiftly # a steamer would cut the waves , if she had 1 * SUCCESS AND FAILURE . 9 astonish the world with "Hamlets" and "Principias...
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... strength , the physical qualities of the lion , and he will be as terrible as the monarch of the forest ; or , vice versa , make the lion cease to be carnivorous in his instincts , and he will be a pleasant playfellow for your dogs and ...
... strength , the physical qualities of the lion , and he will be as terrible as the monarch of the forest ; or , vice versa , make the lion cease to be carnivorous in his instincts , and he will be a pleasant playfellow for your dogs and ...
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... strength , with- out troubling himself with the question whether he has genius or not ; then , as Sir Joshua Reynolds says , " if he has great talents , industry will improve them ; if he has but moderate . abilities , industry will ...
... strength , with- out troubling himself with the question whether he has genius or not ; then , as Sir Joshua Reynolds says , " if he has great talents , industry will improve them ; if he has but moderate . abilities , industry will ...
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... strength . Erskine once declared in Parliament that success oftener depended upon accident and certain physical advantages , than upon the most brilliant talent and the most profound erudition . A high - spirited and popular leader ...
... strength . Erskine once declared in Parliament that success oftener depended upon accident and certain physical advantages , than upon the most brilliant talent and the most profound erudition . A high - spirited and popular leader ...
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... strength to the particular object in view that you make your way to success . ” It is not enough to do the right thing , but we must do it in the right way , and at the right time , if we would achieve great triumphs in life . Again ...
... strength to the particular object in view that you make your way to success . ” It is not enough to do the right thing , but we must do it in the right way , and at the right time , if we would achieve great triumphs in life . Again ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ability acquired attained battle become body brain brilliant calling career CHAPTER character Charles James Fox Charles Lamb circumstances dollars doubt Douglas Jerrold effort energy England exhausted faculties fail failure feel force fortune genius give Goethe habit hand hard heart Henry Ward Beecher honor human hundred intellectual J. W. Alexander Jeremy Bentham knowledge labor lack lawyer learning leisure live look Lord man's Mantua matter means mental merchant mind Molière moral Napoleon nature neglect ness never night once orator palæstra patient persons poet politics poor profession pursuit qualities reserved power result rich Rufus Choate says sermon Sir William Hamilton soul strength struggle success Sydney Smith talent tells things thought thousand tion toil true truth turn victory vigor walk wealth whole write young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 238 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear, cold, logic engine, with all its parts of equal strength, and in smooth working order ; ready, like a steam-engine, to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind...
Seite 105 - Insist on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.
Seite 96 - Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
Seite 192 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Seite 97 - Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias, or trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Moses, or Dante, but different from all these.
Seite 127 - Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Seite 87 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
Seite 5 - Woe waits the insect and the maid ; A life of pain, the loss of peace, From infant's play, and man's caprice : The lovely toy so fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught...