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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.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of read more
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.
Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him read more
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him or her.
The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard read more
The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.
Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.
Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.
Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough
Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world read more
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
