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 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.

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

There's not a whole lot of new atoms out there.

There's not a whole lot of new atoms out there.

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

You're never a loser until you quit trying.