Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
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The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.
The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.
Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins.
Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins.
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to read more
Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.
To succeed means that you may have to step out of line and march to the sound of your own read more
To succeed means that you may have to step out of line and march to the sound of your own drummer.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it will be.
Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it will be.
Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
