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When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times read more
When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel read more
It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than
in any other way.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than
in any other way.
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.
When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is read more
When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is inspiration.
I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching read more
I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.
I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;
for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.
It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win
that makes the difference.
It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win
that makes the difference.
Man’s power of choice enables him to think like an angel or a devil, a king or a slave. Whatever read more
Man’s power of choice enables him to think like an angel or a devil, a king or a slave. Whatever he chooses, mind will create and manifest.
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
