The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become.

The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become.

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a
pillow-I have still joy in read more

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a
pillow-I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

Success is in the details.

Success is in the details.

In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the
goalposts are.

In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the
goalposts are.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.

A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.

I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.