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If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs read more
If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs,
than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his
house, tho it be in the woods. And if a man knows the law,
people will find it out, tho he live in a pine shanty, and resort
to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the
prisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint landscape, and convey
into oils and ochers all the enchantments of spring or autumn; or
can liberate or intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious
songs and verses, 'tis certain that the secret can not be kept:
the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and
tens and fifties to his door.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.
Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.
Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.
Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible.
Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible.
Action is the foundational key to all success.
Action is the foundational key to all success.
The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.
The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.
Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body read more
Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art read more
The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?
