Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength
and soul can be a true master. read more

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength
and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands
all of a person.

It's always too early to quit.

It's always too early to quit.

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you
will command the attention of the read more

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you
will command the attention of the world.

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.

Remember that the faith that moves mountains always carries a pick.

Remember that the faith that moves mountains always carries a pick.

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?

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