There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability.

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you
win.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you
win.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters read more

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.

My creed is that:/ Happiness is the only good./ The place to be happy is
here./ The time to be read more

My creed is that:/ Happiness is the only good./ The place to be happy is
here./ The time to be happy is now./ The way to be happy is to make others
so.

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and
give up. They happen to break read more

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and
give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all
that you were intended to be.

The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.

The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.