Self-Help

Wherever formed, habit acts involuntarily, and without effort; and, it is only when you oppose it, that you find how powerful it has become. What…

Self-respect, self-help, application, industry, integrity—all are of the nature of habits, not beliefs. Principles, in fact, are but the names…

Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side. Dr.…

As daylight can be seen through very small holes, so little things will illustrate a person’s character. Indeed character consists in little acts,…

The cultivation of manner—though in excess it is foppish and foolish—is highly necessary in a person who has occasion to negociate with others in…

The gentleman is eminently distinguished for his self-respect. He values his character,—not so much of it only as can be seen of others, but as he…

A similar sensitiveness and high-mindedness characterised his noble relative, the Marquis of Wellesley, who, on one occasion, positively refused a…

Occasionally, the brave and gentle character may be found under the humblest garb. Here is an old illustration, but a fine one. Once on a time,…

Lord Chatham has said that the gentleman is characterised by his sacrifice of self and preference of others to himself in the little daily…

{31} Since the original publication of this book, the author has in another work, ‘The Lives of Boulton and Watt,’ endeavoured to portray in…

{43a} The following entry, which occurs in the account of monies disbursed by the burgesses of Sheffield in 1573 [?] is supposed by some to refer…

{44} There are, however, other and different accounts. One is to the effect that Lee set about studying the contrivance of the stocking-loom for…

{115} It was characteristic of Mr. Hume, that, during his professional voyages between England and India, he should diligently apply his spare time…

{201} While the sheets of this revised edition are passing through the press, the announcement appears in the local papers of the death of Mr.…

{216} Mansfield owed nothing to his noble relations, who were poor and uninfluential. His success was the legitimate and logical result of the…

{313} His old gardener. Collingwood’s favourite amusement was gardening. Shortly after the battle of Trafalgar a brother admiral called upon him, and…

{321} ‘Self-Development: an Address to Students,’ by George Ross, M.D., pp. 1–20, reprinted from the ‘Medical Circular.’ This address, to which we…