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You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.
You don't get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.
It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves
against the law.
It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves
against the law.
They can because they think they can.
They can because they think they can.
If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of car
payments.
If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of car
payments.
The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... By purpose, I
don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you read more
The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... By purpose, I
don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are
always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have
of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want
to lead.
Mind is the Master-power that molds and makes, and Man is Mind, and
evermore he takes the Tool of Thought, read more
Mind is the Master-power that molds and makes, and Man is Mind, and
evermore he takes the Tool of Thought, and shaping what he wills, brings
forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills-He thinks in secret and it comes to
pass; Environment is but his looking-glass. As A Man Thinketh
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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.
We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better
road maps.
We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better
road maps.
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up read more
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.
