The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead
of having pain and pleasure use you. read more

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead
of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of
your life. If you don't, life controls you.

Some people grow under responsibility, others merely swell.

Some people grow under responsibility, others merely swell.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong. [Or, What doesn't kill you
makes you stronger.].

What does not destroy me, makes me strong. [Or, What doesn't kill you
makes you stronger.].

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the
nature of the one who prays.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the
nature of the one who prays.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

The trouble with so many of us is that we underestimate the power
of simplicity. We have a tendency it read more

The trouble with so many of us is that we underestimate the power
of simplicity. We have a tendency it seems to over complicate our lives
and forget what's important and what's not. We tend to mistake movement
for achievement. We tend to focus on activities instead of results. And as
the pace of life continues to race along in the outside world, we forget
that we have the power to control our lives regardless of what's going on
outside.

Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. (1640).

Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. (1640).

If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.

If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.