As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly
the idea, buried deep in our read more

The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly
the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path
to its fulfillment.

Whatever kind of word thou speakest, the like shalt thou bear.

Whatever kind of word thou speakest, the like shalt thou bear.

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise read more

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement -- and we will make the goal.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

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.

When you seek it, you cannot find it.

When you seek it, you cannot find it.

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories read more

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories high rises from hodfuls of earth; A journey of a
thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before
you get tired.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before
you get tired.