There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Gluttony is an emotional sign that something is eating us.

Gluttony is an emotional sign that something is eating us.

We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should read more

We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.

He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.

He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You read more

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning -- and some of them many times over -- what do you find? That you can swim? Well -- life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!