When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine read more

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius.

They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to
themselves.

They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to
themselves.

When it comes time to teach, teach from your experience. Go out and do,
learn from the doing, then teach read more

When it comes time to teach, teach from your experience. Go out and do,
learn from the doing, then teach from the knowing.

People forget how fast you did a job-but they remember how well you did
it.

People forget how fast you did a job-but they remember how well you did
it.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in
overalls and looks like work.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in
overalls and looks like work.

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the
engine inside of me which is pounding, read more

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the
engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "keep going, someone
must be on top, why not you?".

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.