I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification.

I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification.

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a
function.

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a
function.

A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the
idea of a cathedral in read more

A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the
idea of a cathedral in mind.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism
of one, go ahead, get married.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism
of one, go ahead, get married.

I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can
know only what the truth read more

I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can
know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to
serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.

People forget how fast you did a job-but they remember how well you did
it.

People forget how fast you did a job-but they remember how well you did
it.

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with
purpose, is to enter the ranks of those read more

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with
purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize
failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions
serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish
masterfully.

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel read more

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.