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The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
Nothing recedes like success.
Nothing recedes like success.
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. - "The Arnold Bennett Calendar".
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. - "The Arnold Bennett Calendar".
Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, read more
Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space
and indefinite in duration.
They're only truly great who are truly good.
They're only truly great who are truly good.
When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland,
we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's read more
When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland,
we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletions
is a heavy load to carry. Don't carry it.
Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over
the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn read more
Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over
the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to
figure out whether you like it or not.
There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something
that isn't there.
There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something
that isn't there.