An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the
engine inside of me which is pounding, read more

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the
engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "keep going, someone
must be on top, why not you?".

There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not
yet learned how to win.

There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not
yet learned how to win.

You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it -- there's no turning read more

You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it -- there's no turning back.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.

You have to follow the old rule for a while. In fact, once you master
the old rule, you are read more

You have to follow the old rule for a while. In fact, once you master
the old rule, you are then the master-and masters get to change things.

Wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The
less he spoke the read more

Wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The
less he spoke the more he heard: Why can't we all be like that bird.

The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize read more

The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.