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Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
Never let the other fellow set the agenda.
Never let the other fellow set the agenda.
When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months read more
When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.
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.
For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.
For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other read more
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There read more
In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do.
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.
