I'm not a self-made man. I cannot forget those who have sacrificed for me to get where I am today.

I'm not a self-made man. I cannot forget those who have sacrificed for me to get where I am today.

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,.

It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it.

It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it.

They have come up with a perfect understanding. He won't try to run her life, and he won't try to read more

They have come up with a perfect understanding. He won't try to run her life, and he won't try to run his, either.

He is great enough that is his own master.

He is great enough that is his own master.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

To decide to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in read more

To decide to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in control of your life.

Sometimes you see a person, and you wonder why you don't spend more time with that person, because they're like read more

Sometimes you see a person, and you wonder why you don't spend more time with that person, because they're like one of your favorite people. And then they say something and you remember why you don't.

The supreme satisfaction is to be able to despise one's neighbor and this fact goes far to account for religious read more

The supreme satisfaction is to be able to despise one's neighbor and this fact goes far to account for religious intolerance. It is evidently consoling to reflect that the people next door are headed for hell.