Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's read more

Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's children.

If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.

If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.

To the very last, he [Napolean] had a kind of idea, that, namely,
of "la carriere ouverte aux talents"--the read more

To the very last, he [Napolean] had a kind of idea, that, namely,
of "la carriere ouverte aux talents"--the tools to him that can
handle them.

Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.

Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can read more

A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True,"
said he. "but every goose can."

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.