A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories read more

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories high rises from hodfuls of earth; A journey of a
thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.

Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is read more

Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity, and execute
with vigor; to sketch out a map of read more

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity, and execute
with vigor; to sketch out a map of possibilities; and then to treat them
as probabilities.

Writing is easy. All you have to do is stare at a blank sheet of paper
until drops of blood read more

Writing is easy. All you have to do is stare at a blank sheet of paper
until drops of blood form on your forehead.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start my friend, anyone can
start from now and read more

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start my friend, anyone can
start from now and make a brand new end.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining read more

Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don't have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what
we say or what we do, but what read more

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what
we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions
come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic)
rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will
sense that duplicity. We simply won't be able to create and sustain the
foundation necessary for effective interdependence.

The fates lead him who will-him who won't they drag.

The fates lead him who will-him who won't they drag.