The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady
purpose-a point on which the soul may fix its read more

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady
purpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. read more

In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. I have always been encouraged -- or sometimes forced -- to confront the very natural fear of being wrong. I was constantly pushed to find out what I really thought and then to speak up. Over time, I came to see that waiting to discover which way the wind was blowing is an excellent way to learn how to be a follower.

It's easier to get rich than it is to explain not getting rich.

It's easier to get rich than it is to explain not getting rich.

Thinking is more stinking than drinking, but to feel is
for real.

Thinking is more stinking than drinking, but to feel is
for real.

Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned.

Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will-he will
be sure to repent it.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will-he will
be sure to repent it.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.