Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now-always.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now-always.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible read more

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.

In the consciousness of the end is the limitation of
the moment.

In the consciousness of the end is the limitation of
the moment.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly
do."
N.B. This quotation is a read more

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly
do."
N.B. This quotation is a paraphrase of a much older quote by Aristotle, which see.

The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every
man a true reflection of his own thoughts.

The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every
man a true reflection of his own thoughts.

In this game, by trying to win; you automatically lose.

In this game, by trying to win; you automatically lose.

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of
a neighbor.

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of
a neighbor.

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the read more

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.