We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.

We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel read more

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,
unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved-to write a read more

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,
unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved-to write a book.

If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit
with dignity all the days read more

If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit
with dignity all the days of his life.

Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.

Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love,
passion.

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love,
passion.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their
whole life in the hands of some other read more

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their
whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method
of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists
solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.