Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

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.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible read more

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Energy is equal to desire and purpose.

Energy is equal to desire and purpose.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.