Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best read more

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.

If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy.

If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy.

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

A Hero is one who hangs on one minute longer.

A Hero is one who hangs on one minute longer.

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor read more

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.

What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is read more

What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.