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Make your life a mission-not an intermission.
Make your life a mission-not an intermission.
A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vision is
drudgery. A vision with a read more
A vision without a task is but a dream. A task without a vision is
drudgery. A vision with a task is the hope of the world.
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness
possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many read more
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness
possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are
possessed by our possessions.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the read more
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance-it is the illusion
of knowledge.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance-it is the illusion
of knowledge.
Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep read more
Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.
The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly
the idea, buried deep in our read more
The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly
the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path
to its fulfillment.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.
We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.