If you can't be happy where you are, it's a cinch you can't be happy
where you ain't.

If you can't be happy where you are, it's a cinch you can't be happy
where you ain't.

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories read more

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories high rises from hodfuls of earth; A journey of a
thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.

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.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten
years, plant trees; if read more

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten
years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

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.

It's not enough that I should succeed -- others should fail.

It's not enough that I should succeed -- others should fail.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to
handle them, and pretty soon you have a read more

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to
handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

There is something to that old saying that hate injures the hater, not
the hated.

There is something to that old saying that hate injures the hater, not
the hated.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of
this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of
this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.