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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning
process where teacher and pupil are located in the same read more
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning
process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, read more
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two
sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they govern us in all we do, read more
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two
sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they govern us in all we do, in all
we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our
subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been read more
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans -- born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't
succeed; you must have a larger ambition. read more
The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't
succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business
success...If you do each day's task successfully, and stay faithfully
within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much
about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.
