The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler; that the purpose of this world is not 'to have and to hold' but "to give and serve."
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The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler; that the purpose of this world is not 'to have and to hold' but "to give and serve."
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that advantage human life.
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.
Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
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