I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got read more

I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.

It always seems impossible until its done.

It always seems impossible until its done.

Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently

Philosophy is a study that lets us be unhappy more intelligently

As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of
studies a dull brain.

As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of
studies a dull brain.

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.

No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does read more

No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know.

Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous read more

Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous centuries

One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live
with able men, and to suffer all read more

One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live
with able men, and to suffer all those pangs of inferiority which
the want of knowledge always inflicts.

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself read more

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.