 | William Mathews - 1883 - 398 pàgines
...loitering, — 't will be the same story To-morrow, and the next more dilatory ; The indecision briugs its own delays, And days are lost lamenting over days....power and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind gruws heated, — Begin, and then the work will be completed." He (the upright student) keeps his purpose,... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 pàgines
...the next more dilatory ; The indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest ? Seize this very minute ! What you can do, or think you can, begin it ! Boldness has genius, power and magic in it ! Only engage and then the mind... | |
 | Lydia Leavitt - 1885 - 80 pàgines
...t'will be the same story To-morrow, and the rest more dilatory The indecision brings its own delays. , Are you in earnest ? Seize this very minute ! What you can do or think you can, begin it ! Only engage, and then the mind grows heated, Begin it, and the work will... | |
 | 1885 - 184 pàgines
...shines when on the wing. So is it with the mind ; when once we rest, We darken. (Festus) Bailey. AKE you in earnest ? seize this very minute, What you can do, or think you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Goethe. HE who shoots at the... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1887 - 526 pàgines
...the next more dilatory; Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest ? seize this very minute — What you can do, or dream } ou can, begin it, Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows... | |
 | James Russell Miller - 1891 - 296 pàgines
...the next more dilatory; The indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost, lamenting o'er lost days. " Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute. What you can do, and think you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1891 - 228 pàgines
...us in the world . . . Know the true value of time ; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it." " Are you in earnest ? seize this very minute, What you can do, or think you can, begin it."1 There is a Turkish proverb that the Devil tempts the Idle man, but the Idle... | |
 | Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - 1893 - 250 pàgines
...highest aspect, as you have always taken it. My motto for you, Polly, is Goethe's couplet : — • ' What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.' " " Make way for the story-teller ! " cried Edgar. " I will buy season tickets for both your groups,... | |
 | Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - 1893 - 244 pàgines
...its highest aspect, as you have always taken it. My motto for you, Polly, is Goethe's couplet : — ' What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it* " " Make way for the story-teller ! " cried Edgar. " I will buy season tickets for both your groups,... | |
 | Oakland (Calif.). Yule club - 1893 - 62 pàgines
...born anew into His divinity, as He was born into our humanity on Christmas Day. -Phillips Brooks. 11 What you can do, or dream you can, begin it : Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. — Goethe. Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what 'sa heaven for? —Browning. If... | |
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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. 
