The moment somebody says to me, "This is very risky," is the moment it becomes attractive to me.
Discontent is the first step in progress. No one knows what is in him till he tries, and many would never try if they were not forced to.
All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every living organism to live beyond its income.
It is the spur of ignorance, the consciousness of not understanding, and the curiosity about that which lies beyond that are essential to our progress.
What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.
If you're good to your staff when things are going well, they'll rally when times go bad.
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.
Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force.
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
Know thyself.
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
He that can have patience can have what he will.
Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.
It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
