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Good writing is clear thinking made visible.
Good writing is clear thinking made visible.
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time read more
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.
I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching read more
I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.
I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;
for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.
People of genius whenever they are faced with misfortune find resources within themselves.
People of genius whenever they are faced with misfortune find resources within themselves.
If you want to win anything-a race, your self, your life-you have to
go a little berserk.
If you want to win anything-a race, your self, your life-you have to
go a little berserk.
Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that it
changes you.
Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that it
changes you.
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.
No person is important enough to make me angry.
No person is important enough to make me angry.
The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had read more
The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former.
