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The difference between a successful person and others is not a
lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, read more
The difference between a successful person and others is not a
lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of
will.
Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance
run.
Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance
run.
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets
even a s Michelangelo painted, or read more
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets
even a s Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or
Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that
all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a
great streetsweeper who did his job well.
It's not enough to be busy. The question is: What are we busy about?
It's not enough to be busy. The question is: What are we busy about?
Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.
Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth read more
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
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
In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.
In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of read more
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that
I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I
have received and am still receiving.
