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If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.
If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise
with other men's wisdom.
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise
with other men's wisdom.
Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.
Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.
People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked
while others have idled, have perservered while others read more
People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked
while others have idled, have perservered while others gave up in despair,
and have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial,
industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life
the success often erroneously attributed to good luck.
It's not failure, but low aim is crime.
It's not failure, but low aim is crime.
The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be read more
The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.
Everything can be improved.
Everything can be improved.
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.