The person who is waiting for something to turn up might start with their shirt sleeves.
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.
The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. ~G.K. Chesterton
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results in promotion to a job you can't do.
The world is divided into people who do things--and people who get the credit.
