If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?

Thorough preparation makes its own luck.

Thorough preparation makes its own luck.

Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.

Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, read more

Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win.

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories read more

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories high rises from hodfuls of earth; A journey of a
thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

I feel like a micro cog in a macrocosm.

I feel like a micro cog in a macrocosm.