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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.
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. read more
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new read more
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.
An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.
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.
For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
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.
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.
