 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 404 pages
...in their example, had they known how to wait' Believe me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well; and doing well whatever you do, — without a thought of fame. If it come at all, it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. And, moreover,... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1316 pages
...their example, had they known how to wait ! Believe me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well ; and doing well whatever you do, — without a thought of fame. If it comes at all, it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. And, moreover,... | |
 | Sir Rutherford Alcock - 1857 - 312 pages
...a whole day's wages ! He fays rightly, — " Believe me, the talent of fuccefs is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and DOING WELL WHATEVER YOU DO." " Such was the philofophical profeflbr. Solitary, but with a mighty current, flowed the river of his... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 498 pages
...their example, had they known how to wait ! Believe me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well ; and doing well whatever you do, — without a thought of fame. If it come at all, it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. And, moreover,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 620 pages
...odor every day, so let your life, free from stain, ever give forth the fragrance of the love of God. THE talent of success is simply doing what you can...well whatever you do — without a thought of fame. Fame never comes because it is craved. FINE connections are apt to plunge you into a sea of extravagance,... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1864 - 400 pages
...vanity without the power. Longfellow also remark?, "That the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame." How much clearer and more elevating is the simple direction, " Whatever you do, do all to the glory... | |
 | Julie Gouraud - 1868 - 362 pages
...him to their hearts could not be broken. CHAPTER XIII. " THE talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame." LONGFELLOW. CHAPTER XIII. PETEK EISES IN IMPORTANCE. THE farewells are over ; and little Peter (we... | |
 | 1879 - 1036 pages
...echo of our own voices." " Believe me," he concluded, " the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame. If it come at all, it will come because it is deserved, and not because it is sought after. And, moreover,... | |
 | Horae, Henry Holmes Joy - 1873 - 374 pages
...shouting to hear the echo of our own voices ! . . . Believe me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well ; and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame. If it come at all, it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. And, moreover,... | |
 | Joseph Simms - 1873 - 262 pages
...well in mind what Longfellow has so well said of the talent for success : " It is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame." B. To RESTRAIN AND OBSTRUCT SUCCESS: — Earnestly avoid every attempt in this direction, it is only... | |
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... and they go to their graves with purposes unaccomplished and wishes unfulfilled. Better for them, and for the world in their example, had they known how to wait' Believe me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well; and... 
