I went to an all-boys school and hated feeling like one of the crowd.
Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. . . . In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.
Everything is hard before it is easy.
. . . suicide gets in the air sometimes. Like a cold germ.
Its authors meant it to be. . . a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of despotism. They knew the proneness of prosperity to breed tyrants, and they meant when such should re-appear in this fair land and commence their vocation they should find left for them at least one hard nut to crack.
There is only one decision you need to make: You are either working at your Freedom or you are accepting your bondage.
I have nothing but respect for the purist who won't work for the pharaoh. But I'm not that strong.