If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to
pleasure.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to
pleasure.

In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a
state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of read more

In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a
state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of control are functions of
incompletion. The result of completing things releases one's ability to
create. Prioritize any items that need to be completed, set a completion
date, then do it.

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those
who try to do nothing and read more

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those
who try to do nothing and succeed.

Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing
would be impossible to us upon the earth.

Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing
would be impossible to us upon the earth.

An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past.

An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past.

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing
ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing
ordinary things extraordinarily well.