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Charles Buxton
English
Public Servant
About the author
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.
Charles Buxton,
English
Public Servant
#Success
#Ability
#Experience
#Zeal
The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
Charles Buxton,
English
Public Servant
#Children
#May
#First
#Duty
You must never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Charles Buxton,
English
Public Servant
#Want
#Time
To make pleasures pleasant shortens them.
Charles Buxton,
English
Public Servant
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Charles Buxton,
English
Public Servant
#Want
#Time
#Will
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
Charles Buxton,
English
Public Servant
#Criticism
Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
Charles Buxton,
English
Public Servant
#Criticism
#Silence
If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.
Charles Buxton,
English
Public Servant
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
Charles Buxton,
English
Public Servant
#Life
#Chess
Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.
Charles Buxton,
English
Public Servant
#Time
#Success
#First