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If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.
If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the read more
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an
optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an
optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
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.
Being a newspaper columnist is like being married to a nymphomaniac.
It's great for the first two weeks.
Being a newspaper columnist is like being married to a nymphomaniac.
It's great for the first two weeks.
Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is read more
Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to read more
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. - Definitions, 1953.
A human being is a deciding being.
A human being is a deciding being.