The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room
alone.

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room
alone.

The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.

The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man's
foot long enough to enable read more

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man's
foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

Fortune sides with him who dares.

Fortune sides with him who dares.

Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is
what we believe. What we read more

Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is
what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we
perceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon what
we think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we perceive
determines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to be
true. what we take to be true is our reality.

Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly
regret what is already past.

Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly
regret what is already past.

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his
limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything read more

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his
limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because,
you see, humor is truth.

A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out
to accomplish it. He should make read more

A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out
to accomplish it. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of
his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a
worldly object, according to his nature at the time being; but whichever
it is, he should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which
he has set before him. He should make this purpose his supreme duty, and
should devote himself to its attainment, not allowing his thoughts to
wander away into ephemeral fancies, longings, and imaginings. This is the
royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he
fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must
until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the
measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for
future power and triumph.