Our power is in our ability to decide.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the
continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but rather read more

The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the
continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but rather the illusion of
knowledge.

Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.

Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and
prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity read more

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and
prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of
a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his
surroundings.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the read more

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, read more

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

I've run less risk driving my way across country than eating my way across it.

I've run less risk driving my way across country than eating my way across it.

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.

It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.