 | Public speaker - 1860 - 146 pages
...half-achieved, and the work half-done, whatever that work may be." " The great difference between men, the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination — a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1861 - 470 pages
...own words, which every young man might well stamp upon his soul : " The longer I live," said he, " the more I am certain that the great difference between...great and the insignificant, is energy, — invincible determination, — a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory ! That quality will do anything... | |
 | John HESSEL, Joshua PRIESTLEY - 1861 - 268 pages
...severer your struggle, the more joyous your victory. " The longer I live," says Sir Fowell Buxton, " the more I am certain that the great difference between...between the feeble and the powerful, the great and. insignificant, is ENERGY— INVINCIBLE DETERMINATION— a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.... | |
 | 1861 - 404 pages
...observation, remarks that " the great difference between men is energy, invincible determination, ;in honest purpose. once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do any thing that can be done in the world; and no talent, no circumstances, no opportunity, will make a two-legged creature a man without... | |
 | 1861 - 712 pages
...observation, remarks that " the great difference between men is energy, invincible determination, an honest purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do any thing that can be done in the world ; and no talent, no circumstances, no opportunity, will make a two-legged creature a man... | |
 | Elements - 1862 - 246 pages
...arose in his way. The secret of his success was very well understood by himself. Late in life he said : "The longer I live, the more I am certain that the...between men, between the feeble and the powerful, is energy — invincible determination — a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...feminine, truth the masculine, of honour. liare. PURPOSE— Earnestness of. Tho longer I live, tho igh life high tho powerful, tho great and the insignificant — is entry*/, invincible dftcrmi ntif ion — a purpose... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pages
...negotiation between the belligerents would not be inconsistent with the continuance of hostilities. ENERGY. The longer I live, the more I am certain that the...and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, ia energy—invincible determination—a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality... | |
 | 1864 - 486 pages
...they should indelibly be impressed on the mind of a young Missionary, they are given again : — " The longer I live, the more I am certain that the...great and the insignificant, is ENERGY — INVINCIBLE DETERMINATION — a purpose once fixed, and then death or vic~ tory. That quality will do any thing... | |
 | 1864 - 876 pages
...difference between men, the great and the significant, is energy — invincible determination — a pnrpose once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality will do any thing that can be done in the world. Ко talents, no circumstances, no opportunities will make a two-legged creature a man without... | |
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The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality... 
