We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief
requirements of life, when all that we need to make read more

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief
requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something
to be enthusiastic about.

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters read more

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline
ourselves.

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline
ourselves.

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your
arms too full to embrace the read more

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your
arms too full to embrace the present.

If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of car
payments.

If you think nobody cares if you are alive, try missing a couple of car
payments.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in
the recognition.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in
the recognition.

Man's many desires are like the small metal coins he carries around in
his pocket. The more he has, the read more

Man's many desires are like the small metal coins he carries around in
his pocket. The more he has, the more they weigh him down.