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Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert
integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers,
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Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert
integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers,
the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.
If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a
fact, then you are residing on another read more
If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a
fact, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality
system.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
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.
It's fun being a kid.
It's fun being a kid.
Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It read more
Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
