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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. Thomas Carlyle

Nothing Self-Confidence Like Self-Esteem Builds Accomplishment

Wine is bottled poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson

Wine Poetry Bottled

The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. Samuel Smiles

Life Success Struggle Battle Win Honor Nothing Difficulties Would Would-Be Cases Perhaps Most Without Were Uphill Achieved Fought

Dictators can fix up their entire families in good jobs, in or around government, and often do. In democracies, such a practice is frowned upon. Privileged access to the corridors of power through family connections and a kind of old boys' network, is also deemed an abuse of power, and so it is. Jimmy Reid

Government Good Family Democracy Abuse Of Power Old Power Practice Good Jobs Jobs Kind Corridor Entire Network Through Abuse Also Around Access Boy Up Dictators Privileged Families Fix Often Frowned Deemed Connections

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. Adam Smith

Great Science Enthusiasm Poison Superstition Antidote

The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough. Saint Patrick

Enough Greater Said Lord Than

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross. William Barclay

Love Christ Responsibility Face Sacrifice Unless Easter Cross Take Involves Always His Up Task Love Always Really Prepared

Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others. Henry Drummond

Happiness Giving Others Consists Serving Serving Others

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man. Oswald Chambers

Happiness Man End Chief Holiness

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt. Walter Scott

Build Melt Out Statues See Weep Snow Them

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. Robert Louis Stevenson

Love You Giving Give Never Without Loving

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. Andrew Carnegie

Become Rich Way Put Eggs Then Your Watch Basket

The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree. Thomas Campbell

Freedom Patriotism Tree Seed Blood Patriot

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment. Thomas Carlyle

Achievement Man Achieve Nothing Every Develop Simply Obstacle Powers Course His Accomplishment Stops Who Strengthening Muscle Desires

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. Adam Smith

Nature Human Nature Others Our Benevolent Ourselves Constitute Restrain Perfection Feel Exercise Affections Selfishness Human Little Much

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. David Hume

Mind Beauty Exists Which Them Things

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did. Gordon Ramsay

Work Great You Become Exactly Exactly What Chef Chefs Did Want

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