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You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.
You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.
Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate read more
Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate channels of business and enterprise is not only essential in securing the success which you seek but it is essential to that preparation of your mind, requisite for the enjoyment of your successes, and for retaining them when gained. So, day by day, and week by week; so month after month, and year after year, work on, and in that process gain strength and symmetry, and nerve and knowledge, that when success, patiently and bravely worked for, shall come, it may find you prepared to receive it and keep it,.
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.
Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.
Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit read more
Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
If one of us could ascend to the heavenly realm and for a few hours accompany the divine on His read more
If one of us could ascend to the heavenly realm and for a few hours accompany the divine on His daily rounds, he would see below millions of his fellow humans busily hurling themselves into the passions, sports, and action of those around him. But if our observer had the power and omniscience of the Lord, he would also feel and sense, pulsing through and vibrating from every one of us here below, a desperate and unending plea, "Notice me! I want to be known admired, and loved by the whole world!" And it is this, this glorious weakness, this dependence of ours on each other, that makes some of us usually heroes and fools at the same time.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara, in my fashion.
I have been faithful to thee, Cynara, in my fashion.