To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

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.

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with read more

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

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.

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

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

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.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality

The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality