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 So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings, 
goes but to build up great fortunes, to read more 
 So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings, 
goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury, and make 
sharper the contest between the House of Have and the House of 
Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent. 
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing -- that's why we recommend it daily.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing -- that's why we recommend it daily.
 Westward the course of empire takes its way;
 The four first Acts already past,
  A fifth shall read more 
 Westward the course of empire takes its way;
 The four first Acts already past,
  A fifth shall close the Drama with the day;
   Time's noblest offspring is the last. 
 A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above 
himself in spirit.
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 A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above 
himself in spirit.
 [Lat., Amator Jesu et veritatis . . . potest se . . . elevare 
supra seipsum in spiritu.] 
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.
Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.
Being perceived as a guy is nothing new or complicated to me. It is what it is.
Being perceived as a guy is nothing new or complicated to me. It is what it is.
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.
There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.
There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.