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The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
When the only tool you have is a hammer you tend to see every problem
as a nail.
When the only tool you have is a hammer you tend to see every problem
as a nail.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters read more
Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are
developed.
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are
developed.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is
impossible with talent is genius.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is
impossible with talent is genius.
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
Two great things you can give your children: one is
roots, the other is wings.
Two great things you can give your children: one is
roots, the other is wings.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.