Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

Virtue is the only true nobility.

Virtue is the only true nobility.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

We grow small trying to be great.

We grow small trying to be great.

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep read more

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.

Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the
wind, the stronger the trees.

Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the
wind, the stronger the trees.

In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,
is a clue to the universe. read more

In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,
is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.

I want you to start a crusade in you life -- to dare to be your best.

I want you to start a crusade in you life -- to dare to be your best.

Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.