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A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected read more
A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would read more
Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life
unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away
from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the
end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy,
and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for
him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of read more
What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his place is and may be. He needs an objective and a purpose. He needs a feeling and a belief that he has some worthwhile thing to do. What this is no one can tell him. It must be his own creation. Its success will be measured by the nature of his vision, what he has done to equip himself, and how well he has performed along the line of its development.
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow
that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged,
models read more
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow
that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged,
models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed.
There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.
There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.
Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.
Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.
The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said read more
The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately, to tremble on the threshold of conversion, as the representative American.
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our
walking is our preaching.
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our
walking is our preaching.