Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters read more

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct,
or more uncertain in its success, than read more

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct,
or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the
introduction of a new order of things.

If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with
doubts, and are patient in read more

If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with
doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing
well, you're needed by someone.

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing
well, you're needed by someone.

We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare
moments when we are stirred by an read more

We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare
moments when we are stirred by an awareness of a guidance seemingly higher
and greater than our own, when for a little while we are taken over by a
force and an intelligence above and beyond those commonly felt. Confident
and free, filled with wonder and ready acceptance, we permit ourselves to
be taken over by our unquestioning self.

There are three ingredients in the good life: yearning, learning, and
earning.

There are three ingredients in the good life: yearning, learning, and
earning.

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what read more

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own
opinions, and value others' that deserve it.