The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some easier way of getting a dollar than by squarely earning it.
Horace GreeleyRead
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
Interpretation
True value lies in a person's character, not in fame, popularity, or wealth.
This quote emphasizes the transient nature of fame, popularity, and wealth, suggesting that they are fleeting and unreliable. In contrast, it highlights the importance of character, which is suggested to be the only lasting attribute that defines a person's worth and legacy.
In practice
In a speech about personal values during a leadership seminar.
The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some easier way of getting a dollar than by squarely earning it.
Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot.
Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.
If you have no family or friends to aid you . . . turn your face to the Great West and there build up your home and fortune.
Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions, and no matter what his pretensions in religion, he moves in daily life very close to the animal plane.
Whatever your goal in life, the beginning is knowledge and experience
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
It is not by sitting still at a grand distance and calling the human race larvae that men are to be helped.
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