Nothing would be done at all if a man waited until he could
do it so well that no one read more

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited until he could
do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons read more

I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet.

A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the
idea of a cathedral in read more

A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the
idea of a cathedral in mind.

Men, for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

Men, for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.

We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.

Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of while the visible and dense read more

Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of while the visible and dense matter remains as it was.

The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of
success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective read more

The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of
success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and
that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as
they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.

Nothing adventured, nothing attained.

Nothing adventured, nothing attained.

The journey is difficult, immense. We will travel as far as we can, but we cannot in one lifetime see read more

The journey is difficult, immense. We will travel as far as we can, but we cannot in one lifetime see all that we would like to see or to learn all that we hunger to know.