When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am always
tempted to ask, "Compared to what?".

When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am always
tempted to ask, "Compared to what?".

He who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how.

He who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how.

Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; the old goes out, but read more

Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; the old goes out, but the glad young year comes merrily in tomorrow.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

When it comes time to teach, teach from your experience. Go out and do,
learn from the doing, then teach read more

When it comes time to teach, teach from your experience. Go out and do,
learn from the doing, then teach from the knowing.

Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all
evil on the raft of read more

Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all
evil on the raft of knowledge. Just as a flaming fire reduces wood to
ashes Argina, so the fire of knowledge reduces all actions to ashes.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.
Listen to it carefully.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.
Listen to it carefully.

Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining read more

Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don't have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it.