The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.
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What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable, rather than how
valuable we are.
What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable, rather than how
valuable we are.
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. - "The Arnold Bennett Calendar".
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. - "The Arnold Bennett Calendar".
It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.
It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.
Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that read more
Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that little more which is worth all the rest.
In order to truly master the comfort zone, you have to learn to love
it.
In order to truly master the comfort zone, you have to learn to love
it.
Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise read more
Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement -- and we will make the goal.
Life itself can't give you joy, unless you really will it. Life just gives you time and space, it's upto read more
Life itself can't give you joy, unless you really will it. Life just gives you time and space, it's upto you to fill it.
What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of read more
What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his place is and may be. He needs an objective and a purpose. He needs a feeling and a belief that he has some worthwhile thing to do. What this is no one can tell him. It must be his own creation. Its success will be measured by the nature of his vision, what he has done to equip himself, and how well he has performed along the line of its development.
Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our rescue read more
Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our rescue and we will live happily ever after.
