Those who always wait for someone or something to push them to act in line with their purpose may never read more

Those who always wait for someone or something to push them to act in line with their purpose may never achieve anything great in their lives.

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with
purpose, is to enter the ranks of those read more

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with
purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize
failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions
serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish
masterfully.

In oratory the will must predominate.

In oratory the will must predominate.

The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of
fear as the person who regularly read more

The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of
fear as the person who regularly takes risks.

What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal.

What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal.

Maturity is knowing when to be immature.

Maturity is knowing when to be immature.

The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had read more

The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former.

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a read more

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it.

I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it.