Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, read more

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely read more

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.

"Man wants but little here below
Nor wants that little long,"
'Tis not with me exactly so;
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"Man wants but little here below
Nor wants that little long,"
'Tis not with me exactly so;
But 'tis so in the song.
My wants are many, and, if told,
Would muster many a score;
And were each wish a mint of gold,
I still should long for more.

If you're bored with life -- you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things -- read more

If you're bored with life -- you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things -- you don't have enough goals.

Little I ask; my wants are few;
I only wish a hut of stone
(A very plain read more

Little I ask; my wants are few;
I only wish a hut of stone
(A very plain brown stone will do),
That I may call my own;
And close at hand is such a one
In yonder street that fronts the sun.

If I've got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls read more

If I've got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls into line. If I do the right thing right, I'm going to succeed.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.