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They never fail who die
In a great cause.
They never fail who die
In a great cause.
If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs read more
If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs,
than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his
house, tho it be in the woods. And if a man knows the law,
people will find it out, tho he live in a pine shanty, and resort
to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the
prisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint landscape, and convey
into oils and ochers all the enchantments of spring or autumn; or
can liberate or intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious
songs and verses, 'tis certain that the secret can not be kept:
the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and
tens and fifties to his door.
I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to read more
I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.
Success demands singleness of purpose.
Success demands singleness of purpose.
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
Success has always been a great liar.
Success has always been a great liar.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, read more
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]
Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted
