Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.

Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times read more

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose to
put energy into something can be remarkable. read more

The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose to
put energy into something can be remarkable. Be prepared for extra energy.

The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight -- And read more

The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight -- And yet no man would foolishly contend. That where he sees it not, it makes an end.

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action.
If there's no action, you haven't read more

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action.
If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own
doorstep is unclean.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own
doorstep is unclean.

Money is flat and was meant to be piled up.

Money is flat and was meant to be piled up.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief
requirements of life, when all that we need to make read more

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief
requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something
to be enthusiastic about.