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You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a read more
A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting. A boss is interested in himself or herself, a leader is interested in the group.
The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.
The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.
Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do read more
Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.
The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose to
put energy into something can be remarkable. read more
The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose to
put energy into something can be remarkable. Be prepared for extra energy.
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve
it through not dying.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve
it through not dying.
Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.