The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized read more

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

What great things would you attempt if you knew you could not fail.

What great things would you attempt if you knew you could not fail.

Maturity is knowing when to be immature.

Maturity is knowing when to be immature.

Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?.

Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, read more

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to
us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and
determination.

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we
who fail to prevent them must read more

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we
who fail to prevent them must share in the guilt for the dead.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

I've met a few people who had to change their jobs in order to change
their lives, but I've met read more

I've met a few people who had to change their jobs in order to change
their lives, but I've met many more people who merely had to change their
motive to service in order to change their lives.

A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.

A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.