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Quote To Ponder ~William Hazlitt
“There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character.” ~William Hazlitt Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~James Thomson
“Resolve, resolve, and to be men aspire. Exert that noblest priviledge, alone, Here to mankind indulged; control desire: Let god-like reason, from her sovereign throne, Speak the commanding word ‘I will!’ and it is done.” ~James Thomson Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Henry Ward Beecher
“An acorn is not an oak when it is sprouted. It must go through long summers and fierce winters, and endure all that frost, and snow, and thunder, and storms, and side-striking winds can bring, before it is a full grown oak. So a man is not a man when he is created; he is… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Thomas Carlyle
“The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping stone in the pathway of the strong.” ~Thomas Carlyle Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Benjamin Franklin
“Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” ~Benjamin Franklin Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Samuel Smiles
“To think we are able is almost to be so; to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself. Thus earnest resolution has often seemed to have about it almost a savor of omnipotence.” ~Samuel Smiles Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
“The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men – between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant – is energy, invincible determination – a purpose once fixed, and then – death or victory! That quality will do anything that can be done in this world,… Continue reading
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The Choice of Hercules
Editor’s Note: This excerpt appeared in Jan. 9, 2016 on AOM From the Memorabilia By Xenophon, c. 371 B.C. When Hercules was in that part of his youth in which it was natural for him to consider what course of life he ought to pursue, he one day retired into a desert, where the silence… Continue reading
Chase The Kangaroo 