Cheerfulness as A Life Power

CHAPTER-20 Give me that man That is not passion’s slave, and I will wear him In my heart’s core, ay, in my heart of heart. —SHAKESPEAREStrength of character consists of two things,—power of will and power of self-restraint. It requires two things, therefore, for its existence,—strong feelings and strong command over them. —F. W. ROBERTSON“Self-reverence, […]

CHAPTER-19 “One ruddy drop of manly blood the surging sea outweighs.”“Manhood overtops all titles.”The truest test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops; no, but the kind of man the country turns out. —EMERSONHew the block off, and get out the man. —POPEEternity alone will reveal to the

CHAPTER-18 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. —GALATIANSSow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.—G. D. BOARDMANJust as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined. —POPEHow use doth

CHAPTER-17 Nature, when she adds difficulties, adds brains.—EMERSONMany men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties. —SPURGEONThe good are better made by ill, As odours crushed are sweeter still. —ROGERSAromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they grow; But crushed or trodden to the ground, Diffuse their balmy sweets around. GOLDSMITHAs night

CHAPTER-16 The best way to settle the quarrel between capital and labour is by allopathic doses of Peter-Cooperism. —TALMAGEIn the sublimest flights of the soul, rectitude is never surmounted, love is never outgrown. —EMERSON“One ruddy drop of manly blood the surging sea outweighs.”Virtue alone out-builds the pyramids: Her monuments shall last when Egypt’s fall. —YOUNGHe

CHAPTER-15 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. —BIBLEThe first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself: to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful and vile. —PLATOThe worst education which

CHAPTER-14 When Moody first visited Ireland he was introduced by a friend to an Irish merchant who asked at once:“Is he an O.O.?”“Out and Out”—that was what “O.O.” stood for.“Out and Out” for God—that was what this merchant meant. He indeed is but a wooden man, and a poor stick at that, who is decided

CHAPTER-13 “Never give up, there are chances and changes, Helping the hopeful, a hundred to one; And, through the chaos, High Wisdom arranges Ever success, if you’ll only hold on. Never give up; for the wisest is boldest, Knowing that Providence mingles the cup, And of all maxims, the best, as the oldest, Is the

CHAPTER-12 What doth the poor man’s son inherit? Stout muscles, and a sinewy heart, A hardy frame, a hardier spirit! King of two hands he does his part In every useful toil and art: A heritage it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee. Lowell.Has not God given every man a

Chapter-11 [ I.] There is no doubt that, as a rule, great decision of character is usually accompanied by great constitutional firmness. Men who have been noted for great firmness of character have usually been strong and robust. As a rule it is the strong physical man who carries weight and conviction. Take, as an

Chapter-10 Oh, what miracles have been wrought by the self-confidence, the self-determination of an iron will! What impossible deeds have been performed by it! It was this that took Napoleon over the Alps in midwinter; it took Farragut and Dewey past the cannons, torpedoes, and mines of the enemy; it led Nelson and Grant to

Chapter-9 There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent, or hinder, or control The firm resolve of a determined soul. Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great; All things give way before it soon or late. What obstacle can stay the mighty force Of the sea-seeking river in its course, Or cause

Chapter-8 “The education of the will is the object of our existence,” says Emerson.Nor is this putting it too strongly, if we take into account the human will in its relations to the divine. This accords with the saying of J. Stuart Mill, that “a character is a completely fashioned will.”In respect to mere mundane

Chapter-7 “There’s the dearest little old gentleman,” says James Buckham, “who goes into town every morning on the 8.30 train. I don’t know his name, and yet I know him better than anybody else in town. He just radiates cheerfulness as far as you can see him. There is always a smile on his face,

Chapter-6 Acting on a sudden impulse, an elderly woman, the widow of a soldier who had been killed in the Civil War, went into a photographer’s to have her picture taken. She was seated before the camera wearing the same stern, hard, forbidding look that had made her an object of fear to the children