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It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going read more
It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do.
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest read more
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well read more
The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others.
Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for read more
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.
If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood read more
If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders -- what would you tell him to do? I don't know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug.
I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom read more
I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write read more
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer.
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and read more
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and those around us -- more effectively. Look for the learning.