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Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around read more
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
Applause waits on success.
Applause waits on success.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full
effort is full victory.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full
effort is full victory.
Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
Applause is a receipt, not a bill.
Applause is a receipt, not a bill.
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather read more
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.
The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life read more
The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause.
Like Cato, give his little senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause.
Like Cato, give his little senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause.
He [Moliere] pleases every one but can not please himself.
[Fr., Il plait a tout le monde et ne read more
He [Moliere] pleases every one but can not please himself.
[Fr., Il plait a tout le monde et ne saurait se plaire.]
