The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be read more

The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to read more

Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself.

Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself.

You can never get enough of what you don't want.

You can never get enough of what you don't want.

It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.

It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it.

A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it.

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust read more

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.