For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
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Playing safe is only playing.
Playing safe is only playing.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteeen.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteeen.
Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.
Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.
The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction.
The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction.
I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.
I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.
It may be those who do most, dream most.
It may be those who do most, dream most.
The ends must justify the means.
The ends must justify the means.
When one door closes, another opens: but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that read more
When one door closes, another opens: but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has
opened for us.
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make read more
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work. Remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.
