Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate read more

Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate channels of business and enterprise is not only essential in securing the success which you seek but it is essential to that preparation of your mind, requisite for the enjoyment of your successes, and for retaining them when gained. So, day by day, and week by week; so month after month, and year after year, work on, and in that process gain strength and symmetry, and nerve and knowledge, that when success, patiently and bravely worked for, shall come, it may find you prepared to receive it and keep it,.

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of read more

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone read more

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.

Truth is immortal; error is mortal.

Truth is immortal; error is mortal.

They're almost inseparable. Sometimes it takes ten people to separate them.

They're almost inseparable. Sometimes it takes ten people to separate them.

Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. [Mathew].

Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. [Mathew].

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we read more

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months read more

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.