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If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.
Energy is equal to desire and purpose.
Energy is equal to desire and purpose.
Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm
in two small jumps.
Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm
in two small jumps.
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a
lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a
lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches
you a lesson.
In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
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.
Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks,
automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.
Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks,
automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.
Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.
Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.
