The trouble with so many of us is that we underestimate the power
of simplicity. We have a tendency it seems to over complicate our lives
and forget what's important and what's not. We tend to mistake movement
for achievement. We tend to focus on activities instead of results. And as
the pace of life continues to race along in the outside world, we forget
that we have the power to control our lives regardless of what's going on
outside.
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He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands
himself is more intelligent. He who controls read more
He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands
himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but
he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull
it out and strike it, merely read more
Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull
it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one.
If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not
excellent, it won't be profitable read more
If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not
excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business
for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?.
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.
How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has
a son who thinks he's read more
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has
a son who thinks he's wrong.
Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that read more
Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that little more which is worth all the rest.
Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.
Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.
What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.
