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“It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest: better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune. . . .”

Book:Self-Help: With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance

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Self-Help: With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance

This book serves as a comprehensive resource for individuals seeking to enhance their personal growth and character. It provides practical advice and philosophical reflections on the importance of conduct and perseverance in achieving one's goals. more

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Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles was a British author renowned for his influential works on self-improvement and personal success. Born on December 23, 1812, in Scotland, he passed away on April 16, 1904. His writings emphasized the importance of hard work, self-discipline, and perseverance, inspiring countless individuals throughout history. more

“It is very natural for young men to be vehement, acrimonious and severe. For as they seldom comprehend at once all the consequences of a position, or perceive the difficulties by which cooler and more experienced reasoners are restrained from confidence, they form their conclusions with great precipitance. Seeing nothing that can darken or embarrass the question, they expect to find their own opinion universally prevalent, and are inclined to impute uncertainty and hesitation to want of honesty, rather than of knowledge.”

Men Want Form Young Natural Opinion Seeing Honesty Position Consequence Difficulty Conclusion Uncertainty Perceive Young Man Severe Hesitation Vehement

Book:The Rambler

Source: The Rambler

“Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty.”

Men Liberty Honest Honesty Intellectual Army Soldier Every Man

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.”

Causes Support Wise Honest Honesty Blue Being Honest Scotland Merry Scottish

Book:The Works of Robert Burns. With Life by Allan Cunningham, and Notes by Gilbert Burns [and Others], Etc. [With a Portrait and Facsimiles.]

Source: The Works of Robert Burns. With Life by Allan Cunningham, and Notes by Gilbert Burns [and Others], Etc. [With a Portrait and Facsimiles.]

“For thus the royal mandate ran, When first the human race began, "The social, friendly honest man, Whate'er he be, Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he!"”

Men Firsts Humans Social Nature Race Plans Honest Honesty Ran Human Race Friendly Royal Honest Man Mandates

Author:Robert Burns

“From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God."”

Men Home Work Lord Honest Honesty Kings Scene Spring Breaths Grandeur Honest Man

Author:Robert Burns

“A man's a man for a' that. . . . . A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that! . . . Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree and a' that. For a' that, and a' that, It's comin' yet, for a' that, When man to man, the world o'er, Shall brithers be for a' that.”

Men World May Might Earth Faith Honest Honesty Bears Praying Knights Honest Man Dukes

Book:The Complete Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on His Writings. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry

Source: The Complete Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on His Writings. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry

“The man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.”

Men Enjoy Inspiring Honest Honesty He Man Brutality Brutally Honest Brutal Honesty

Author:Richard J. Needham

“"Do you want my honest opinion?" People ask. I say, "Yes," for I'm curious. So they give me their honest opinion, And I - well, I'm always furious.”

People Want Giving Wells Asks Opinion Honest Honesty Give Me Curiosity Curious Furious

Author:Richard Armour

“Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course, planting corn or writing epics, so only it be honest work, done to thine own approbation, it shall earn a reward to the senses as well as to the thought.”

Writing Wells Done Courses Work Honest Honesty Fine Rewards Senses Being Honest Epic Corn Work Done Honest Work

Book:The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source: The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There are many examples of old, incorrect theories that stubbornly persisted, sustained only by the prestige of foolish but well-connected scientists... Many of these theories have been killed off only when some decisive experiment exposed their incorrectness... Thus the yeoman work in any science, and especially physics, is done by the experimentalist, who must keep the theoreticians honest.”