by libraryleader | Dec 24, 2016 | Character, Excellence, Manners, Moderation
In character, in manner, in style, in all the things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
by libraryleader | Dec 21, 2016 | Achieve, Achievement, Sleep, Succeed, Success, Work
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night.
by libraryleader | Dec 21, 2016 | Sad, Sorrow
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall.
by libraryleader | Dec 21, 2016 | Anger, Angry, Annoy, Enemies, Sad, Sorrow
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
by libraryleader | Dec 21, 2016 | Sad, Sorrow
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.