There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.

There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first
overcome.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first
overcome.

I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than
I now am. Just as the read more

I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than
I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present
perfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfect
and not deficient because I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and I
am not deficient.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of read more

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. - The Lonely Crowd.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.

The trouble with the rat race is that even when you win, you're still a
rat.

The trouble with the rat race is that even when you win, you're still a
rat.

America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man.

America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we
fall.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we
fall.