Quote #5

'Heaven helps those who help themselves' is a well tired maxim, embodying in a small compass the results of a vast human experience. The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigour and strength.

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  1. No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.
  2. We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he w…
  3. Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap …
  4. We often discover what WILL do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
  5. A place for everything, and everything in its place.
  6. A man who devotes himself to this pursuit, body and soul, can scarcely fail to become rich. Very little brains will do:
  7. England was nothing, compared to continental nations until she had become commercial:until about the middle of the last century, when a num…
  8. Every now and then they were awarded prizes - Self-Help by Smiles, and other books suitable for perusal by persons suffering from almost co…

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