A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an
optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an
optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter
succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle.
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The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter
succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle.
The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligent
nonaggressiveness. This is called the mastery of men.

Though I might travel afar, I will meet only what I carry with
me, for every man is amirror. We read more

Though I might travel afar, I will meet only what I carry with
me, for every man is amirror. We see only ourselves reflected in
those around us. Their attitudes and actions are only a reflection of our
own. The whole world and its condition has its counter parts within us
all. Turn the gaze inward. Correct yourself and your world will
change.

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the read more

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

Real wealth is ideas plus energy.

Real wealth is ideas plus energy.

The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't
succeed; you must have a larger ambition. read more

The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't
succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business
success...If you do each day's task successfully, and stay faithfully
within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much
about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.

The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.

The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.

To bring one's self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain read more

To bring one's self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain hard work continuously is the one big battle that everyone has. When this battle is won for all time, then everything is easy.

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of read more

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. - The Lonely Crowd.