Conscience is a man's compass.

Conscience is a man's compass.

What great things would you attempt if you knew you could not fail.

What great things would you attempt if you knew you could not fail.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn read more

Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or no.

I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and
say, "How can we screw read more

I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and
say, "How can we screw this kid up.".

Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is read more

Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.

I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.".

I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.".

The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be read more

The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.