There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy read more

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is
because there is an Infinite in him, which read more

Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is
because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning
he cannot quite bury under the Finite.

The American lives even more for his goals, for the future, than the European. Life for him is always becoming, read more

The American lives even more for his goals, for the future, than the European. Life for him is always becoming, never being.

Burn to be great,
Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.
The plains are everlasting as read more

Burn to be great,
Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone.
The plains are everlasting as the hills,
The bard cannot have two pursuits; aught else
Comes on the mind with the like shock as though
Two worlds had gone to war, and met in air.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

If you're bored with life -- you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things -- read more

If you're bored with life -- you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things -- you don't have enough goals.

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.