It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get read more

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.

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.

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you read more

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.

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.

The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from
within, from one's own efforts.

The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from
within, from one's own efforts.

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.

Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Many a man never fails because he never tries.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

If a man does his best, what else is there?

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing
down, the other is pulling up.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing
down, the other is pulling up.