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Character is more important than intelligence for success.
Character is more important than intelligence for success.
If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood read more
If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders -- what would you tell him to do? I don't know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug.
You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are.
You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are.
No pressure, no diamonds.
No pressure, no diamonds.
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.
Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.
True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.