Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not
change their minds are incompetents in asylums who read more

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not
change their minds are incompetents in asylums who can't and those in
cemeteries.

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.

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
then Athens ceased to be free and was never read more

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me.

I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me.

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and
give up. They happen to break read more

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and
give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all
that you were intended to be.

Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, read more

Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win.