Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for read more

Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for, and with obscurity, for being unenvied.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.

If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.

There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
[Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]

There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
[Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give read more

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - and never knowing

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

If you can walk, you can run.

If you can walk, you can run.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.