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It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel read more
It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.
Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is read more
Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
Anything that has been accomplished by any other human being in the
physical realm is within the field of possibility.
Anything that has been accomplished by any other human being in the
physical realm is within the field of possibility.
The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had read more
The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former.
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.
Make the iron hot by striking it.
Make the iron hot by striking it.
Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.
Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.
The way to activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. read more
The way to activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. When you make a choice, you activate vast human energies and resources, which otherwise go untapped. All too often people fail to focus their choices upon results and therefore their choices are ineffective. If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise.