You May Also Like / View all maxioms
I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful read more
I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
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.
Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.
Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize read more
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.
Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. (1640).
Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. (1640).
... then the world 's mine oyster.
... then the world 's mine oyster.
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
Many people profess Christianity. Very few live it-almost none. And
when you live it people may think you're crazy. It read more
Many people profess Christianity. Very few live it-almost none. And
when you live it people may think you're crazy. It has been truthfully
said that the world is equally shocked by one who repudiates Christianity
as by one who practices it.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to
improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to
improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
