Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we read more

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.

Distance shouldn't be a factor in a relationship but communication, trust and commitment should be.

Distance shouldn't be a factor in a relationship but communication, trust and commitment should be.

Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate read more

Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate channels of business and enterprise is not only essential in securing the success which you seek but it is essential to that preparation of your mind, requisite for the enjoyment of your successes, and for retaining them when gained. So, day by day, and week by week; so month after month, and year after year, work on, and in that process gain strength and symmetry, and nerve and knowledge, that when success, patiently and bravely worked for, shall come, it may find you prepared to receive it and keep it,.