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... task can be ignoble and no endeavour unfruitful . Before we can command success we must be competent , and we must be confident in that com- petence . That is self - reliance . If you have not yet read Emerson's essay on " Self ...
... task can be ignoble and no endeavour unfruitful . Before we can command success we must be competent , and we must be confident in that com- petence . That is self - reliance . If you have not yet read Emerson's essay on " Self ...
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... task because it requires imagination and resource , finds that his brain will respond to the call and help him nobly . He finds he is able to do things he never thought he could do , and very often such things are done so well that he ...
... task because it requires imagination and resource , finds that his brain will respond to the call and help him nobly . He finds he is able to do things he never thought he could do , and very often such things are done so well that he ...
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... task can ever come your way that you have not the power within you to fulfil . Doctors say that the human frame is never called upon to suffer more pain than it can bear . If the pain grows beyond the limit of human endurance , we lapse ...
... task can ever come your way that you have not the power within you to fulfil . Doctors say that the human frame is never called upon to suffer more pain than it can bear . If the pain grows beyond the limit of human endurance , we lapse ...
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... task . The mental medicine for doubt is hope . The treatment for lack of self - confidence is perhaps easier than the application of antidotes for any other kind of mental deficiency . Doubt is a negative state of mind . The antidote is ...
... task . The mental medicine for doubt is hope . The treatment for lack of self - confidence is perhaps easier than the application of antidotes for any other kind of mental deficiency . Doubt is a negative state of mind . The antidote is ...
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... task in hand . If the sun's rays are weak , the magnifying glass produces only a faint heat . If your mind is weak , it cannot concentrate on your work with that enthusiasm and power which conquer all difficulty . The habit of ...
... task in hand . If the sun's rays are weak , the magnifying glass produces only a faint heat . If your mind is weak , it cannot concentrate on your work with that enthusiasm and power which conquer all difficulty . The habit of ...
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