"One wellcultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth……" — William Matthews
"One wellcultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth 100 shallow faculties. The first law of success in this day, when so many things are clamoring for attention, is concentration-to bend all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor to the left."
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19 Quotes by William Matthews
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The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles... are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach…
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Go to the desk. Stay at the desk. Thrive at the desk.
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The same disappointments in life will chasten and refine one man's spirit, embitter another's.
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Unless a man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous.
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Strive for excellence in your calling, but as a subsidiary to this: Do not fail to enrich your whole capital…
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It is not, of course, the subject that is or isn't dull, but the quality of attention that we do…
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We all have two childhoods, the unhappy one and the happy one.
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With the "civilized" person contentment is a myth. From the cradle to the grave they are forever longing and striving…
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