You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out read more

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.

A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.

A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.

If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.

If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.

When you're away, I'm restless, lonely Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same read more

When you're away, I'm restless, lonely Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you are here.

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow
that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged,
models read more

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow
that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged,
models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.

Failures are divided into two classes-those who thought and never did, and
those who did and never thought.

Failures are divided into two classes-those who thought and never did, and
those who did and never thought.