| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 430 trang
...unfulfilled. Better for them, and for the world in their example, had they known how to wait! Believe me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing what...well whatever you do, — without a thought of fame. If it come at all, it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. And, moreover,... | |
| Jerome Paine Bates - 1886 - 882 trang
...go to work, and then keeps at it until he accomplishes his chosen object. It has been well said that the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, without a thought of fame. That is, by working conscientiously and faithfully without trying to make... | |
| James Wolfendale - 1887 - 456 trang
...Jotham became mighty, becaroe he prepared his ways before the Lord his God." — Hebrew Chronicles. " The talent of success is nothing more than doing what...you do, without a thought of fame." — Longfellow. " I confess," says a thoughtful writer, u that increasing years bring with them an increasing respect... | |
| 1887 - 410 trang
...enforced alike wrth officers and employes, and this the latter have the right to demand. Believe me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing what...you can do well ; and doing well whatever you do. NOTES. The Co-operative Mercantile Company of Minneapolis, Minn., last year aid a retail business of... | |
| 1887 - 348 trang
...>>•u.:i • PHI GAMMA DELTA QUARTERLY. VOL. IX. APRIL, I887. NO. 2. A FRATERNITY IS WHAT WE MAKE IT. I. " The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well and doing well whatever you do." Every undertaking that has produced great results in the world has been accomplished by hard and continued... | |
| John Thomas Dale - 1887 - 650 trang
...fulfilling and accomplishing his task; that when the occasion comes, he may be equal to the occasion. The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, without a thought of fame. If it comes at all, it will come because it is deserved, not because it... | |
| 1888 - 252 trang
...Experience your wise counselor, Caution your elder brother, and Hope your guardian genius. Addison. The talent of success is nothing more than doing what...doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame. If it comes at all, it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. Longfellow.... | |
| Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 trang
...either be anvil or hammer. The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken. The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well. 'Tis sweet to stammer one letter of the Eternal's language ; on earth it is called forgiveness. Some... | |
| 1889 - 762 trang
...tells us that he who waits to do a great deal at once will never do anything ; and Longfellow adds, "The talent of success is nothing more than doing...well whatever you do, without a thought of fame." Gilpin writes, "I hate to see things done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly ; if it be wrong,... | |
| Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 trang
...seem greater when not measured by reflection. 5229 Joubert: Pensees. No. 148. (Attwell, Translator. ) The talent of success is nothing more than doing what...doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame. 5230 Longfellow : Hyperion. Bk. i. Ch. 8. Success never needs an excuse. 5231 Lord Lytton : Speeches.... | |
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