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Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most read more
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.
Choosing what you want to do, and when to do it, is an act of creation.
Choosing what you want to do, and when to do it, is an act of creation.
I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And read more
I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them
Benjamin Franklin said it first.
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them
Benjamin Franklin said it first.
I would rather attempt something great and fail than attempt to do
nothing and succeed.
I would rather attempt something great and fail than attempt to do
nothing and succeed.
They can because they think they can.
They can because they think they can.
Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.
Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.
Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal fortitude. They are mandatory read more
Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal fortitude. They are mandatory for anyone who wants to get to and stay at the top.
I knock unbidden once at every gate--
If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before
I turn away--it is read more
I knock unbidden once at every gate--
If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before
I turn away--it is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death, but those who doubt of hesitate,
Condemned to failure, penury and woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessly implore,
I answer not, and I return no more.
