The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of
success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective read more

The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of
success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and
that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as
they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability.

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.
It is the ability to recognize ability.

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.

A lifestyle is what you pay for; a life is what pays you.

A lifestyle is what you pay for; a life is what pays you.

Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.

Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time read more

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

We are not responsible for every thought that goes wandering through
our mind. We are, however, responsible for the ones read more

We are not responsible for every thought that goes wandering through
our mind. We are, however, responsible for the ones we hold there. We're
especially responsible for the one's we put there.

I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the read more

I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.