Make Good Thy Standing Place, And Move

Self-control Is Only Courage Under Another Form. It May Also Be Regarded As The Primary Essence Of Character.

For Want Of Self-restraint Many Men Are Engaged All Their Lives In Fighting With Difficulties Of Their Own Making, And Rendering Success Impossible By Their Own Cross-grained Ungentleness; Whilst Others, It May Be Much Less Gifted, Make Their Way And Achieve Success By Simple Patience, Equanimity, And Self-control.

It Is A Mistake To Suppose That Men Succeed Through Success; They Much Oftener Succeed Through Failures. Precept, Study, Advice, And Example Could Never Have Taught Them So Well As Failure Has Done.

The Cheapest Of All Things Is Kindness, Its Exercise Requiring The Least Possible Trouble And Self-sacrifice. Win Hearts, Said Burleigh To Queen Elizabeth, And You Have All Men's Hearts And Purses.

The Career Of A Great Man Remains An Enduring Monument Of Human Energy. The Man Dies And Disappears, But His Thoughts And Acts Survive And Leave An Indelible Stamp Upon His Race.