Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that read more

Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that little more which is worth all the rest.

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out read more

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.

Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially
if one is to survive in the world. It read more

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially
if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.

It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to
fly in formation.

It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to
fly in formation.

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it -- there's no turning read more

You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it -- there's no turning back.