Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept read more

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to
complain about what you have than it is to read more

I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to
complain about what you have than it is to ask for what you want.

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.

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your
arms too full to embrace the read more

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your
arms too full to embrace the present.

Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles
never do.

Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles
never do.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

What is in the end to be thrown down, Begins by being first set on high.

What is in the end to be thrown down, Begins by being first set on high.

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind read more

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.