I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.
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If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but read more
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is.
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting read more
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.
The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline read more
Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
