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Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the read more
Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred.
Fear is the biggest motivator.
Fear is the biggest motivator.
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does read more
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.
You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to read more
You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that's a disgrace.
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you read more
Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.
There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow.
There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow.
Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.
Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.
Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of read more
Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.
