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.

Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do read more

Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up read more

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.

Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better
questions, and as a result, they get better answers.

Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better
questions, and as a result, they get better answers.

The impossible is often the untried.

The impossible is often the untried.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have read more

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand.

The mind is just another muscle.

The mind is just another muscle.

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals-that is, goals
that do not inspire them.

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals-that is, goals
that do not inspire them.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not read more

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.