We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men read more

We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.

When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.

When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make read more

Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work. Remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

Thinking is heavily endorsed.

Thinking is heavily endorsed.