You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach
you than when you approach them.

You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach
you than when you approach them.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early
in life.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early
in life.

Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.

Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.

The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The
Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.

The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The
Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.

In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It read more

In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices
and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than
to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed
through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to
use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.

Unhappiness is in not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to
get it.

Unhappiness is in not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to
get it.

We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare
moments when we are stirred by an read more

We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare
moments when we are stirred by an awareness of a guidance seemingly higher
and greater than our own, when for a little while we are taken over by a
force and an intelligence above and beyond those commonly felt. Confident
and free, filled with wonder and ready acceptance, we permit ourselves to
be taken over by our unquestioning self.