Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance.

Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance.

There are no ordinary moments.

There are no ordinary moments.

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning
process where teacher and pupil are located in the same read more

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning
process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

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.

Resolve to make each day the very best and don't let anyone get in your way. If they do, step read more

Resolve to make each day the very best and don't let anyone get in your way. If they do, step on them.

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the
consequence, and pains to be coveted that read more

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the
consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater
pleasures.

The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose to
put energy into something can be remarkable. read more

The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose to
put energy into something can be remarkable. Be prepared for extra energy.