to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the
consequence, and pains to be coveted that read more

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the
consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater
pleasures.

You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea
problem.

You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea
problem.

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become read more

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are -- and have always been.

By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.

By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.

We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level
we can have or deserve.

We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level
we can have or deserve.

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine read more

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius.

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your read more

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.

To finish first, you must first finish.

To finish first, you must first finish.