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The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.
The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.
It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong -- but read more
It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong -- but that is the way to bet.
Just do what you do best.
Just do what you do best.
Today is yesterday's pupil.
Today is yesterday's pupil.
Character is more important than intelligence for success.
Character is more important than intelligence for success.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in read more
The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. A man is too read more
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left to him. Better bend than break. Never swap horses while crossing a stream.Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway. There is never time to do it right, but there is always time to do it over. Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. Fail to plan, plan to fail. -Carl W. Buechner.
Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, read more
Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are -- chaff and grain together -- certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away….
