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Any person who recognizes this greatest power... the power to choose. Begins to realize that he is the one that read more
Any person who recognizes this greatest power... the power to choose. Begins to realize that he is the one that is doing the choosing and that friends, although they mean well, cannot do his choosing for him, nor can his relatives. Consequently, he develops real self-confidence based upon his own ability, upon his own action, and upon his own initiative.
They can because they think they can.
They can because they think they can.
Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly
than it is to do read more
Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly
than it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we
fall.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we
fall.
A thick skin is a gift from God.
A thick skin is a gift from God.
That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical
misrepresentation.
That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical
misrepresentation.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its
efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool read more
The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its
efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God
forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.
When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of read more
When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you've
detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some
aspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something. This
discomfort and intellectual conflict is when learning is taking place.
