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 Most men's friendships are too inarticulate.  A human being isn't an orchid, he must draw something from the soil he grows in. No longer forward nor behind I look in hope or fear; but grateful, take the good I find, the best of now and here. I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough. To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life. Like being blown out as one blows out a light. Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm. Spill not the morning (the quintessence of the day!) in recreations, for sleep is a recreation. Add not, therefore, sauce to sauce. ... Pastime, like wine, is poison in the morning. It is then good husbandry to sow the head, which hath lain fallow all night, with some serious work. Showing up is eighty percent of life. The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days. - Voltaire Father giving advice to son: Never do anything once around the house that you don't want to do for the rest of your life. The world has a way of giving what is demanded of it. If you are frightened and look for failure and poverty, you will get them, no matter how hard you may try to succeed. Lack of faith in yourself, in what life will do for you, cuts you off from the good things of the world. Expect victory and you make victory. Nowhere is this truer than in business life, where bravery and faith bring both material and spiritual rewards. The factor in human life provocative of a noble discontent is the gradual emergence of a sense of criticism, founded upon appreciation of beauty, and of intellectual distinction, and of duty. Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, who employ their enterprise, who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck, and to effectively gain her favor. Times of stress and difficulty are seasons of opportunity when the seeds of progress are sown. I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself. Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be. Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party? Time was made for slaves, But never for us so hearty. That kind of so-called housekeeping where they have six Bibles and no cork-screw. If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times. Faith is the divine evidence whereby the spiritual man discerneth God, and the things of God. 
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