If we learned everything there is to know in kindergarten, it was
promptly drummed out of us in first grade.

If we learned everything there is to know in kindergarten, it was
promptly drummed out of us in first grade.

First, all relationships are with yourself-and sometimes they involve
other people. Second, the most important relationship in your life-the one
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First, all relationships are with yourself-and sometimes they involve
other people. Second, the most important relationship in your life-the one
you have, like it or not, until the day you die-is with yourself.

If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially
constructed by the time childhood is over, but read more

If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially
constructed by the time childhood is over, but as always in its essence
developing, then life at 25 or 30 or at the gateway to middle age will
stimulate its own intrigue, surprise, and exhilaration of discovery.

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the read more

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone
into your mind. You read more

You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone
into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by
changing what goes into your mind.

You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to read more

Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not.