“Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them.”
― Acres of Diamonds
― Acres of Diamonds
“Greatness consists not in the holding of some future office, but really consists in doing great deeds with little means and the accomplishment of vast purposes from the private ranks of life. To be great at all one must be great here, now, in Philadelphia.”
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“Abraham Lincoln's principle for greatness can be adopted by nearly all. This was his rule: Whatsoever he had to do at all, he put his whole mind into it and held it all there until that was all done.”
― Acres of Diamonds
― Acres of Diamonds
“We must know what the world needs first and then invest ourselves to supply that need, and success is almost certain.”
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