Death comes to all but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

Death comes to all but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.

There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of read more

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, read more

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without read more

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.

So much to do, so little done, such things to be.

So much to do, so little done, such things to be.

The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.

The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard read more

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was read more

Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.