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I love the attention but I don't like too much of it.
I love the attention but I don't like too much of it.
He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.
He is at no end of his actions blest
Whose ends will make greatest and not best.
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with
new.
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with
new.
Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as read more
Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.
What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.
[Lat., Quod est, eo decet uti: et quicquid agas, agere pro
viribus.]
Act as if it were impossible to fail
Act as if it were impossible to fail
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.
I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.