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Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.
See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.
A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but
as a group decide nothing can be read more
A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but
as a group decide nothing can be done.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I
have of it.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I
have of it.
When one door closes, another opens: but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that read more
When one door closes, another opens: but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has
opened for us.
What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of read more
What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his place is and may be. He needs an objective and a purpose. He needs a feeling and a belief that he has some worthwhile thing to do. What this is no one can tell him. It must be his own creation. Its success will be measured by the nature of his vision, what he has done to equip himself, and how well he has performed along the line of its development.