If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.

The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds.

The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would read more

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.

One principle reason why men are so often useless is that they divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity read more

One principle reason why men are so often useless is that they divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits.

Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads.

Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads.

Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, read more

Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death. But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.

We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of read more

We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.