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The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every
man a true reflection of his own thoughts.
The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every
man a true reflection of his own thoughts.
to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more
to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.
If your work is becoming uninteresting, so are you. Work is an inanimate thing and can be made lively and read more
If your work is becoming uninteresting, so are you. Work is an inanimate thing and can be made lively and interesting only by injecting yourself into it. Your job is only as big as you are.
I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can
know only what the truth read more
I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can
know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to
serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.
It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel read more
It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention,
sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; read more
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention,
sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it
represents the wise choice of many alternatives.
Give me a lever long enough, and I shall move the world.
Give me a lever long enough, and I shall move the world.
Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he is
making money.
Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he is
making money.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for
the things we did not read more
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for
the things we did not do that is inconsolable.