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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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.".
What's meant to be will always find a way.
What's meant to be will always find a way.
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for
that determines our success or failure. read more
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for
that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may
defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the
fact because you think you are.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance-it is the illusion
of knowledge.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance-it is the illusion
of knowledge.
See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.
See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.
The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd.
The man who follows a crowd will never be followed by a crowd.
If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.
If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.
