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The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their
whole life in the hands of some other read more
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their
whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method
of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists
solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are read more
Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action.
If there's no action, you haven't read more
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action.
If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.
To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.
To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.
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.
Lady Conductor
She raised her baton....
and
Beethoven
answered
John C Lehman Jr 1955 to 1989.
Lady Conductor
She raised her baton....
and
Beethoven
answered
John C Lehman Jr 1955 to 1989.
