The elements of success: illustr. in the life of A. Laurence and others |
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... principles . Many young men would have decided to sleep soundly on Saturday night , and drive over to Groton , in a fast way , on Sunday morning . But our young friend was early taught to regard the Lord's day , and he had not forgot ...
... principles . Many young men would have decided to sleep soundly on Saturday night , and drive over to Groton , in a fast way , on Sunday morning . But our young friend was early taught to regard the Lord's day , and he had not forgot ...
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... principles of virtue and honour to the counsels of his mother . In his manhood he treated her with as much respect and affection as he did in his youth . When she was informed that he was elected President of the United States , she ...
... principles of virtue and honour to the counsels of his mother . In his manhood he treated her with as much respect and affection as he did in his youth . When she was informed that he was elected President of the United States , she ...
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Elements. devoted , godly mother , who instructed him in those truths and principles essential to purity and success ; and yet he became a vicious wanderer . For years he plunged into sin , without any regard to the wishes of a kind ...
Elements. devoted , godly mother , who instructed him in those truths and principles essential to purity and success ; and yet he became a vicious wanderer . For years he plunged into sin , without any regard to the wishes of a kind ...
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... principles they cherished , and the consequent success they enjoyed , in a great measure to the culture of early life . Such facts are a cutting rebuke to the sentiments which some youth entertain concerning filial devotion . There are ...
... principles they cherished , and the consequent success they enjoyed , in a great measure to the culture of early life . Such facts are a cutting rebuke to the sentiments which some youth entertain concerning filial devotion . There are ...
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... PRINCIPLES AND GOOD HABITS gave him a good These were all the capital he had at the begin- ning . True , his father was not considered a poor man , neither did he lack influence . But Amos did not depend upon anything his father could ...
... PRINCIPLES AND GOOD HABITS gave him a good These were all the capital he had at the begin- ning . True , his father was not considered a poor man , neither did he lack influence . But Amos did not depend upon anything his father could ...
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Page 86 - And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Page 225 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. . What is this absorbs me quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul!
Page 48 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, -when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day : demands it before he can receive it in a lump.
Page 59 - What maintains one vice would bring up two children. You may think, perhaps, that a little tea or a little punch now and then, diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little entertainment now and then, can be no great matter: but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a little makes a mickle...
Page 59 - So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to one's own Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Page 45 - The course of his day was best known after he was blind. When he first rose, he heard a chapter in the Hebrew Bible, and then studied till twelve; then took some exercise for an hour; then dined, then played on the organ, and...
Page 45 - ... proposed to my brother that if he would give me, weekly, half the money he paid for my board, I would board myself. He instantly agreed to it and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me.
Page 178 - Well, my lad, says he, take a long thin piece of whalebone, hold one end of it fast between your finger and thumb, and wind it round your finger : it will then endeavour to unwind itself; and if you fix the other end of it to the inside of a small hoop, and leave it to itself, it will turn the hoop round and round, and wind up a thread tied to the outside of the hoop.
Page 46 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says.
Page 211 - Young man, attend to the voice of one who has possessed a certain degree of fame in the world, and who will shortly appear before his Maker : read the Bible every day of your life.