There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability.

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability.

Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, read more

Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win.

Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is read more

Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried
and succeeded.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried
and succeeded.

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 natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to
shut our eyes against read more

It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to
shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of the
siren, till she transforms us into beasts.

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled read more

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.