 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.  The Successful Man of Business - Page 93by Benjamin Wood - 1899 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ella Wheeler Wilcox - 1890 - 270 pages
...own decay. May no man ever look on me and say, " She lives, but all her usefulness is past." WILL. There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent...mighty force Of the sea-seeking river in its course, Each well-born sonl must win what it deserves. Let the fool prate of luck. The fortunate Is he whose... | |
 | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Goodridge Bliss Roberts - 1891 - 728 pages
...nevermore come sailing back, Send any, all, that skim the sea, But bring my love ship home to me ! WILL. THERE is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent...soul. Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great, 2K 514 YOUNGER AMERICAN POETS. All things give way before it, soon or late. What obstacle can stay... | |
 | Edwin Stanley Brookes - 1892 - 238 pages
...Kings, on the 3rd of September, the day upon which Oliver Cromwell gained his greatest victories. ' ' " There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent,...mighty force Of the sea-seeking river in its course, Or canse the ascend1ng orb of day to wait ? " Each well-born soul must win what it deserves, Let the fool... | |
 | 1893 - 472 pages
...man may goA brave man wedded her, after all, But the world said, frowning, "We shall not call." WILL. THERE is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent...or control The firm resolve of a determined soul. All things give way before it, soon or late. What obstacle can stay the mighty force Of the sea-seeking... | |
 | 1912 - 620 pages
...of you standard bearer "vedettes," untarnished by a suspicion of disloyalty. Do you • realize that no chance, no destiny, no fate, can circumvent or...or control the firm resolve of a determined soul? That gifts count for nothing; that will alone is .great; that all things fall down before it soon or... | |
 | William Root Bliss - 1894 - 288 pages
...will which closed on its purpose as a steel trap closes its jaws on a woodchuck. In his philosophy " Gifts count for nothing ; Will alone is great ; All things give way before it, soon or late." Nothing but this will, stirred into action by a disagreement with his neighbors, caused the migration... | |
 | New England Society in the City of New York - 1895 - 532 pages
...undaunted courage and indomitable will descending from father to son and from generation to generation. " Gifts count for nothing, will alone is great ; All things give way before it soon or late." [Applause.] One hundred and forty-nine years had been gathered in and on Forefathers' Day, 1 769, occurred... | |
 | 1906 - 412 pages
...development. CHABLES BRODIE PATTERSON. "There is no chance, no destiny, no fate Can circumvent, can hinder or control The firm resolve of a determined...? Or cause the ascending orb of day to wait ? Each well born soul must win what it deserves; Let the fool prate of luck. The fortunate Is 'he whose earnest... | |
 | William Otterbein Krohn - 1900 - 262 pages
...his obligations will be squarely met; promises will always be kept, and no pledge unfulfilled. WILL. There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent,...or control The firm resolve of a determined soul. (jifts count for nothing: Will alone is great, All things give way before it soon or late. What obstacle... | |
 | William George Benham - 1900 - 700 pages
...and poor Head lines, and you know what the result must be — utter failure. CHAPTER XVII THE THUMB " There is no chance, no destiny, no fate Can circumvent,...course, Or cause the ascending orb of day to wait ? Bach well-born soul must win what it deserves. Let the fool prate of luck. The fortunate Is he whose... | |
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