Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep read more

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

If you commit a crime, you're guilty.

If you commit a crime, you're guilty.

There is always a way-if you're committed.

There is always a way-if you're committed.

You can never get enough of what you don't want.

You can never get enough of what you don't want.

Telling someone the truth is a loving act.

Telling someone the truth is a loving act.

The real challenge (in life) is to choose, hold, and operate
through intelligent, uplifting, and fully empowering beliefs.

The real challenge (in life) is to choose, hold, and operate
through intelligent, uplifting, and fully empowering beliefs.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by
their understandings.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by
their understandings.