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“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
Guarding inner life is presented as practical because attention and motives influence conduct downstream.
Source note: Proverbs 4:23 in the King James Version.
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“Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.”
The passage favors an examined personal direction over drifting into a life selected by convention.
Source note: Walden; Thoreau contrasts one’s own deliberate track with paths chosen by others.
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“The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness.”
Steady planning and effort are contrasted with haste, making diligence a long-term rather than impulsive strategy.
Source note: Proverbs 21:5 in the King James Version; the first clause is quoted here.
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“Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.”
The proverb joins committed action with an ordered mind, treating purpose as something expressed through work.
Source note: Proverbs 16:3 in the King James Version.
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“Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.”
Resolution becomes useful only when followed by execution; the maxim links deliberate standards with the habit of carrying them through.
Source note: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; this is Franklin’s fourth listed virtue, Resolution.
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“Until thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment.”
Purpose gives thought a direction, turning ideas into a standard for choosing and completing useful work.
Source note: As a Man Thinketh, “Thought and Purpose.”