One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level.

The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level.

When one door closes, another opens: but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that read more

When one door closes, another opens: but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has
opened for us.

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You
must want it with an inner exuberance read more

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You
must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and
joins the energy that created the world.

He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands
himself is more intelligent. He who controls read more

He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands
himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but
he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.

The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.

A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out
to accomplish it. He should make read more

A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out
to accomplish it. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of
his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a
worldly object, according to his nature at the time being; but whichever
it is, he should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which
he has set before him. He should make this purpose his supreme duty, and
should devote himself to its attainment, not allowing his thoughts to
wander away into ephemeral fancies, longings, and imaginings. This is the
royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he
fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must
until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the
measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for
future power and triumph.

Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly
regret what is already past.

Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly
regret what is already past.