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There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him read more
There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed.
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.
Controlled time is our true wealth.
Controlled time is our true wealth.
Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the
valley.
Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the
valley.
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your
dominant aspiration.
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your
dominant aspiration.
Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.
Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.
If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially
constructed by the time childhood is over, but read more
If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially
constructed by the time childhood is over, but as always in its essence
developing, then life at 25 or 30 or at the gateway to middle age will
stimulate its own intrigue, surprise, and exhilaration of discovery.
The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, read more
The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
