I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I
have of it.

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I
have of it.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and
virtue is doing it.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and
virtue is doing it.

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It
will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and read more

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It
will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole
life be a revelation.

In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a
state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of read more

In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a
state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of control are functions of
incompletion. The result of completing things releases one's ability to
create. Prioritize any items that need to be completed, set a completion
date, then do it.

Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.

Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.

There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to read more

There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to merchandising. There is no luck in going out and working from early in the morning to long after dinner. That is not luck, it's work.

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake read more

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.