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To say, "well done" to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made read more
To say, "well done" to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.
I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the read more
I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.
Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great
or great evil without bringing about more of the read more
Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great
or great evil without bringing about more of the same on the part of
others.
We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level
we can have or deserve.
We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level
we can have or deserve.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not read more
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel
in his heart.
A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel
in his heart.
Look for a thing until you find it and you'll not lose your labor.
Look for a thing until you find it and you'll not lose your labor.
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we
who fail to prevent them must read more
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we
who fail to prevent them must share in the guilt for the dead.
Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission:
"While the world perishes we go our way: read more
Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission:
"While the world perishes we go our way: purposeless, passionless,
day after day.".