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In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have read more
In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and read more
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favour in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience read more
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.
Avoid being impatient. Remember time brings roses.
Avoid being impatient. Remember time brings roses.
Direction is more important than speed. We are so busy looking at our speedometers that we forget the milestone.
Direction is more important than speed. We are so busy looking at our speedometers that we forget the milestone.
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in read more
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.
It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.
Impatience is the mark of independence not of bondage.
Impatience is the mark of independence not of bondage.
The impatient may not always be wrong on issues, but they are almost always wrong in their attitudes.
The impatient may not always be wrong on issues, but they are almost always wrong in their attitudes.