Self-Reliance & Self-Respect: Better than Fame or Gold

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness

The Living Hour

Education, Spirituality, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health

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🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Listen to episode 818 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Self-Reliance & Self-Respect: Better than Fame or Gold. Edited and adapted from Right Living by Susan H. Wixon.

Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: One of the finest qualities of such a person is self-control. To be able, under the most trying circumstances, to command one's self, to be always able to say to the rising passions of anger, jealousy, fear, or any emotion, "Peace, be still," is a great power.

We are in the world to make the most of ourselves, and our opportunities. And in order to do this, we should acquire as early as possible, control over ourselves.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is David. Have you thought about starting a retail business? When you think about
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1:00.3	slash inspirational.
1:03.4	All lowercase.
1:05.3	Go to Shopify.com slash inspirational to upgrade your selling today.
1:13.0	Shopify.com slash inspirational. Welcome to the inspirational living podcast.
1:35.5	Today's reading was edited and adapted from Right Living by Susan H. Wixen, published in 1894.
1:53.2	It is observed in life that successful people are the resolute and self-reliant.
2:00.7	What is self-reliance?
2:02.6	It is to be in harmony with all laws of nature, and the highest morality.
2:08.6	The qualities that stand out by themselves alone, but are as firm as granite.
2:15.6	March of life is onward.
2:19.1	It does not stand still.
2:21.6	We are on its ocean.
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