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The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people
come to the fountain of life with read more
The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people
come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car...a
teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result
they get little.
The worst bankruptcy in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.
The worst bankruptcy in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far read more
Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can? I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done.
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.
Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.
Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
