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.

I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to read more

I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even
greater one.

Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even
greater one.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.

If your work is becoming uninteresting, so are you. Work is an inanimate thing and can be made lively and read more

If your work is becoming uninteresting, so are you. Work is an inanimate thing and can be made lively and interesting only by injecting yourself into it. Your job is only as big as you are.

Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make
them.

Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make
them.

You may have tangible wealth untold,
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you could never be;
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You may have tangible wealth untold,
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you could never be;
I know someone who told stories to me.

We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to
another-and especially yourself-"I Can't," take a read more

We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to
another-and especially yourself-"I Can't," take a deep breath
and say instead, "My resources are otherwise engaged.