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The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.
The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.
There is no substitute for hard work.
There is no substitute for hard work.
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is read more
Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.
The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't
succeed; you must have a larger ambition. read more
The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't
succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business
success...If you do each day's task successfully, and stay faithfully
within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much
about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.
Many hands make light work.
Many hands make light work.
I train myself mentally with visualization. The morning of a tournament, before I put my feet on the floor, I read more
I train myself mentally with visualization. The morning of a tournament, before I put my feet on the floor, I visualize myself making perfect runs with emphasis on technique, all the way through to what my personal best is in practice.... The more you work with this type of visualization, especially when you do it on a day-to-day basis, you'll actually begin to feel your muscles contracting at the appropriate times.
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.
