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.
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I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.
Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.
Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and
give up. They happen to break read more
Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and
give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all
that you were intended to be.
In vain have you acquired knowledge if you have not
imparted it to others.
In vain have you acquired knowledge if you have not
imparted it to others.
We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better
road maps.
We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better
road maps.
Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people
visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is read more
Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people
visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible.
And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.
Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is read more
Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.
The most prepared are the most dedicated.
The most prepared are the most dedicated.
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness
possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many read more
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness
possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are
possessed by our possessions.
