You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.

You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making read more

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. - All About Ourselves and Other Essays.

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise read more

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement -- and we will make the goal.

I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it read more

I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not
a thing to be read more

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not
a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.

I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the read more

I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

The wise learn many things from their enemies.