Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.

Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.

Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.

Hard work brings prosperity; playing around brings poverty.

A man who suffers before it is necessary,
suffers more than is
necessary.

A man who suffers before it is necessary,
suffers more than is
necessary.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered read more

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

There is something to that old saying that hate injures the hater, not
the hated.

There is something to that old saying that hate injures the hater, not
the hated.

We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything
to his own advantage. Thou must live for read more

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything
to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live
for thyself.

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and
prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity read more

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and
prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of
a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his
surroundings.

If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit
with dignity all the days read more

If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit
with dignity all the days of his life.