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.

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise
man speaks.

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise
man speaks.

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most read more

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.

Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.

Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.

Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself.

Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself.

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible read more

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized, they die when neglected.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized, they die when neglected.

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every
dream precedes the goal.

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every
dream precedes the goal.