We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our
rewards will always be in read more

We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our
rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.

You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles -- events for which there read more

You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles -- events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.

Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of
self-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.

Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of
self-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.

He that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

He that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful read more

I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.

We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.

We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has read more

It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent ambitious, that the harvest is still so abundant.

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep read more

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.