Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most read more

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.

I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.".

I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.".

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them
Benjamin Franklin said it first.

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them
Benjamin Franklin said it first.

Writing is a craft not an art.

Writing is a craft not an art.

I pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an
instrument which only truth can speak.

I pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an
instrument which only truth can speak.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have
more things, or more money, in order to read more

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have
more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want to they
will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first
be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what
you want.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.