For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe.

For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe.

The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.

The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only
thing you'll have left is your character.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only
thing you'll have left is your character.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership
determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership
determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times read more

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind read more

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a
pillow-I have still joy in read more

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a
pillow-I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when read more

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.