Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.

Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.

You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy read more

You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. But you can not buy enthusiasm... you can not buy loyalty. You can not buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these.

What was once thought can never be unthought.

What was once thought can never be unthought.

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is read more

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest. - The Books in My Life.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

Character is more important than intelligence for success.

Character is more important than intelligence for success.

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.