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People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on read more
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them
One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements read more
One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements are the result of many little things done in a single direction.
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling read more
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudice, and motivated by pride and vanity
People need loving the most when they deserve it the least
People need loving the most when they deserve it the least
People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite read more
Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What read more
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.
A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.
A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.
I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.
I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.