Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out read more

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.

You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listen
to you if you can make a read more

You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listen
to you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, "No
Shit!" or at least, "No kidding!".

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.

I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women
selling themselves short.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women
selling themselves short.

Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come
forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are read more

Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come
forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the
reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and
disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage
or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other
embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing,
not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the
quality of their relationships with others.