With renunciation life begins.

With renunciation life begins.

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,.

Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way read more

Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way -- how many pleasing things are done for you.

If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.

If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.

When yer in a funk, people in love are a royal pain in the patookus.

When yer in a funk, people in love are a royal pain in the patookus.

It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without read more

It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it.

To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it.

A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find read more

A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and you just have to let go.

The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship read more

The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender.