Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are constructed. Dwe…

- William Dewitt Hyde

Live in the present tense, facing the duty at hand without regret for the past or worry over the future.

- William Dewitt Hyde

The world we live in is a world of mingled good and evil. Whether it is chiefly good or chiefly bad depends on how we take it. To look at the world i…

- William Dewitt Hyde

Live in the active voice, rather than passive. Think more about what you happen than what is happening to you.

- William Dewitt Hyde

An opportunity is a conjunction of circumstances by which one may improve his condition of life or his equipment for life.

- William Dewitt Hyde