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.

There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the read more

There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential.

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times read more

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

If we are to have magical bodies, we must have magical minds.

If we are to have magical bodies, we must have magical minds.

You could afford your house without the government-if it weren't for
the government.

You could afford your house without the government-if it weren't for
the government.

Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you
will be around long read more

Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you
will be around long enough to eat a lot.

I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it.

I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it.

The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than read more

The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them. He also is on the road to humility -- that priceless attitude of openness to life that can help a manager absorb mistakes, failures, or personal shortcomings.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it read more

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.