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Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.
Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.
It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.
It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.
Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.
Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.
Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.
Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.
Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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.
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.
