Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/
They came./ He pushed read more

Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/ Come to the edge/ No, we will fall/
They came./ He pushed them. And they flew.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an
invitation to dinner without giving read more

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an
invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

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.

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

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

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep read more

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what read more

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own
opinions, and value others' that deserve it.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.