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90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.
History knows no resting place and no plateaus.
History knows no resting place and no plateaus.
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or read more
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or the last.
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These read more
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.