A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.

A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

You are beaten to earth?/ Well, well, what's that?/ Come up with a smiling
face,/ It's nothing against you to read more

You are beaten to earth?/ Well, well, what's that?/ Come up with a smiling
face,/ It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that's
a disgrace.

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

What you think of me is none of my business.

What you think of me is none of my business.

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is
an appalling waste of read more

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is
an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for
wallowing in.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Hope is the denial of reality. - Dragons of Winter Night.

Hope is the denial of reality. - Dragons of Winter Night.

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out read more

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.