Society and the World

You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you think you cannot do.

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the goodness of his end. All good ends can be worked out by good means.

Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know that man is here for the sake of other men.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

Every man, as to character, is the creature of the age in which he lives. Very few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of their times.

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired to glory.

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.

I studied the lives of great men and famous women, and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing turn to your periods.

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.