I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.

I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

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.

I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.

I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.

Happiness is not pleasure, it's victory.

Happiness is not pleasure, it's victory.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.

If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.

If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.

There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability read more

There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led….

This is how it happens. We get the Dream, but we don't get to dictate
every step toward the dream.

This is how it happens. We get the Dream, but we don't get to dictate
every step toward the dream.