Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own read more

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.

Tough times never last but tough people do.

Tough times never last but tough people do.

The way you activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices
about results you want to create. When read more

The way you activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices
about results you want to create. When you make a choice, you mobilize
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 a compromise.

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of read more

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. - The Lonely Crowd.

If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs
provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually read more

If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs
provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything,
including those things that other people are certain are impossible.

Life is a sexually transmitted disease.

Life is a sexually transmitted disease.

If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.