Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls,
With vassals and serfs at my side,
And of read more

I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls,
With vassals and serfs at my side,
And of all who assembled within those walls,
That I was the hope and the pride.

To the very last, he [Napolean] had a kind of idea, that, namely,
of "la carriere ouverte aux talents"--the read more

To the very last, he [Napolean] had a kind of idea, that, namely,
of "la carriere ouverte aux talents"--the tools to him that can
handle them.