Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most read more

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.

Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging what we know
in order to find out what we do read more

Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging what we know
in order to find out what we do not know....Hence, to think creatively, we
must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.

You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good read more

You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.

I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the read more

I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present perfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfect and not deficient because I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and I am not deficient.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in
the recognition.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in
the recognition.

The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like read more

The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass.

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.

In the heating and air conditioning trade, the point on the thermostat
in which neither heating nor cooling must operate-around read more

In the heating and air conditioning trade, the point on the thermostat
in which neither heating nor cooling must operate-around 72 degrees-is
called the "Comfort Zone." It's also known as the "Dead
Zone.".