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There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become read more
There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are -- and have always been.
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed read more
No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. - 1963.
In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out
completes the circle and comes back to read more
In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out
completes the circle and comes back to us.
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.
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at
fifteen your double, and after that, your friend read more
Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at
fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe depending on
his bringing up.
We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.
We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.
Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells
they occupied.
Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells
they occupied.
