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).

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best read more

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.

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.

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.

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.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

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

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

There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs.

There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs.

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do read more

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again