Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but
your dream will not. Responsibilities need read more

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but
your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not
obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making read more

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. - All About Ourselves and Other Essays.

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one
unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten read more

Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one
unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with
each unit of effort.

In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best.
But, since read more

In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best.
But, since there's no real market for masturbation I had to fall back on
my bass playing abilities.".

You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listen
to you if you can make a read more

You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listen
to you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, "No
Shit!" or at least, "No kidding!".

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.

A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.

Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have to time for the pitiful.

Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have to time for the pitiful.