The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.
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The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.
It is in rugged crises, in unbearable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of the question, that the angel is shown.
To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.
High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
What the mind cab conceive, it can achieve
Everyone has a purpose in life... a unique gift or special talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.
No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.
A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.
How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief in denying them.
I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again.
If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.
Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to doDon't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.
People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.
Be the chief but never the lord.
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