...blessing of regular work." * A third maxim may be added to the preceding pair: Seize the very ßrst possible opportunity to act on every resolution you...never get beyond the stage of empty gesture-making. " * J. Bahnsen : 'Beiträge zu Charakterologie ' (1867), vol. I. p. 209. No matter bow full a reservoir...

...added to the preceding pair : Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolittion you make, and on every emotional prompting you may...never get beyond the stage of empty gesture-making. " * J. Bahnsen : 'Beitrage zu Charakterologie ' (1867), vol. I. p. 209. No matter how full a reservoir...

...make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you empire to gain. It is not in the moment of their forming,...never get beyond the stage of empty gesture-making. " • J. Babnaen : ' Beit rage zu Ctutrakterologie ' (1867). vol. I. p. 809. No matter bow full a reservoir...

...last quoted remarks : "The actual presence of the practical opportunity alone furnishes the fulerum upon which the lever can rest, by means of which the...never get beyond the stage of empty gesture-making." matter how full a reservoir of maxima one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may...

...quoted remarks : "The actual presence of the practical opportunity alone furnishes the fulcrum iipon which the lever can rest, by means of which the moral...never get beyond the stage of empty gesture-making." * J. Bahnsen : ' Beilrflge zu CLarakterologie ' (1867), vol. I. p. 209. No matter bow full a reservoir...

...opportunity alone furnishes the fulcrum upon which the lever can rest, by means of which the moral I will may multiply its strength, and raise itself aloft....never get beyond the stage of empty gesture-making." • J. Bahnsen : ' BeitrSge zu Charakterologie ' (1867), TO!. I. p. 209. No matter how full a reservoir...

...every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain. Nit is not in the moment of their forming, but in the...never get beyond the stage of empty gesture-making." Q$o matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments...

...every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain. . . . No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess,...no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected...

...possible, and to exercise us and habituate us in it, is the sovereign blessing of regular work. . . . The actual presence of the practical opportunity alone...never get beyond the stage of empty gesture-making." And finally, let us keep the faculty of effort alive by continual exercise. Thecarrying out of certain...

...talent in a napkin and bury it, but to put it out to usury, has been a feature of all great men. " No matter how full a reservoir of MAXIMS one may possess...no matter how good one's SENTIMENTS may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to ACT, one's character may remain entirely unaffected...