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“Sow an act reap a habit sow a habit reap a character sow a character reap a destiny.”
“A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail the shoe was lost for want of a shoe the horse was lost for want of a horse the battle was lost for want of the battle the war was ...”
“Inspiration does not come like a blot nor is it kinetic energy striving but it comes to us slowly and quietly all the time.”
“It's a long old road but I know I'm gonna find the end.”
“Think not because no man sees such things will remain unseen.”
“Connections are made slowly sometimes they grow underground.”
“There are very few human beings who receive the truth complete and staggering by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment on a small scale by successive developments cellu...”
“Human successes like human failures are composed of one action at a time and achieved by one person at a time.”
“No first step can be really great it must of necessity possess more of prophecy than of achievement nevertheless it is by the first step that a man marks the value not only of his cause but of hims...”
“Every worthwhile accomplishment big or little has its stages of drudgery and triumph a beginning a struggle and a victory.”
“The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.”
“In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen in small matters as they are.”
“Backward turn backward O Time in your flight Make me a child again just for tonight.”
“In time take time while time doth last for time Is no time when time is past.”
“See Time has touched me gently in his race And left no odious furrows in my face.”
“Gather ye rose-buds while ye may Old Time is still aflying And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying.”
“Enjoy the present day trusting very little to the morrow.”
“Time is a great legalizer even in the field of morals.”
“A thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past and as a watch in the night.”
“O call back yesterday bid time return.”
