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You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside; You are the person read more
You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside; You are the person who makes up your mind. Whether you'll lead or will linger behind. Whether you'll try for the goal that's afar. Or just be contented to stay where you are.
Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his
thumb on the scales.
Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his
thumb on the scales.
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
When you come to the end of your rope...tie a knot and hang on.
When you come to the end of your rope...tie a knot and hang on.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve
it through not dying.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve
it through not dying.
What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of read more
What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his place is and may be. He needs an objective and a purpose. He needs a feeling and a belief that he has some worthwhile thing to do. What this is no one can tell him. It must be his own creation. Its success will be measured by the nature of his vision, what he has done to equip himself, and how well he has performed along the line of its development.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really
believe, your mind will find the ways read more
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really
believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves
the way to solution.
Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on read more
Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.
