There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.

The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.

The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.

The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the read more

The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition such terms have no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a very particular situation... most of our language about the organization and objective's of government is made up of such polar terms. Justice and injustice are typical. A reformer who wants to abolish injustice and create a world in which nothing but justice prevails is like a man who wants to make everything up. Such a man might feel that if he took the lowest in the world and carried it up to the highest point and kept on doing this, everything would eventually become up. This would certainly move a great many objects and create an enormous amount of activity. It might or might not be useful, according to the standards which we apply. However it would never result in the abolishment of down.

You win only if you aren't afraid to lose.

You win only if you aren't afraid to lose.

He without fear is king of the world.

He without fear is king of the world.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.

She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at read more

She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit.

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have read more

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.