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It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
One point of view gives a one dimensional world.
(Liz Murray.. a brilliant homeless teen who got
a scholarship to read more
One point of view gives a one dimensional world.
(Liz Murray.. a brilliant homeless teen who got
a scholarship to an Ivy League school).
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor read more
Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.
What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is read more
What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.
When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope read more
When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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.
I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.
I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.
