To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight read more

To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a read more

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

Man is his own star, and the soul that can
Render an honest and a perfect man,
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Man is his own star, and the soul that can
Render an honest and a perfect man,
Commands all light, all influence, all fate,
Nothing to him falls early or too late.
Our acts, our angles are, or good or ill,
Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.

Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.

Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.

Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but read more

Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg.

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.

Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.