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.
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Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere
nearby.
Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere
nearby.
Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.
Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.
It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?.
It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?.
Don't wait for someone to take you under their wing. Find a good wing and climb up underneath it.
Don't wait for someone to take you under their wing. Find a good wing and climb up underneath it.
Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only
thing.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only
thing.
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an
ideal always before him, causes it, read more
The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an
ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried
deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its
generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time
and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought
unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your
faculties and powers become directed to that end.
The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws,
which are exact and cannot be changed. read more
The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws,
which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will to obey them
or disobey them. Obedience will bring harmony, disobedience will bring you
more problems.
