He who gainsa

He who gainsa
He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.
  

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Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'
Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.
A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.
The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.
Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.
Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.
Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.
Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.
Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.
Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.