Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is read more

Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best
advice, and then going away and doing the read more

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best
advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

You can get anything in life you want if you will just help enough
other people get what they want.

You can get anything in life you want if you will just help enough
other people get what they want.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp read more

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the locked-in-ness read more

Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the locked-in-ness of human habitations are what human nature habitually abhors; while on the contrary, haze, mist, and the haunting spirits of the mountains are what human nature seeks, and yet can rarely find.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

I've always been a sucker for attention.

I've always been a sucker for attention.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.