Re-investing in one's own little moments of insight is very important
Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.
Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.
To live On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces, Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all Not yours. Given, uninherited, unpaid for; This is to be a trickster; and to filch Men's art and labour, which to them is wealth, Life, daily bread;--quitting all scores with "friend, You're troublesome!" Why this, forgive me, Is what, when done with a less dainty grace, Plain folks call "Theft.
As it has been finely expressed, "Principle is a passion for truth. " And as an earlier and homelier writer hath it, "The truths we believe in are the pillars of our world.
Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame -to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a Hell!
Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.
Home runs usually come in bunches for me. If I'm feeling good and I'm on time, I can drive the ball even more.
As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for many of us.
The opposite of poverty isn't wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice.
We wanted to make something that sounded perfect because of the quality of the emotion. . . the honesty.