Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow.

Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I read more

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.

The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.

Success is 99 percent failure.

Success is 99 percent failure.

Any solution to a problem changes the problem.

Any solution to a problem changes the problem.

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you read more

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.

Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified read more

Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified pastime -- I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful. I agree that it's hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain deserves no consideration at all. It's no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.

Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.

Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.