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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.
Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.
The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing. -Unknown.
The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing. -Unknown.
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there read more
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and a flatterer.
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the read more
The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager desire to get on with the work, the cheerful resolution to go back and begin again, the broad good sense, the unaffected modesty, the imperturbable temper, the gratitude for any little help that was given -- all these will remain in my memory though I cannot paint them for others.
When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But read more
When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
