To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
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A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the toughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress on even the smoothest road.
Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm!
Eat to live, and not live to eat.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Never be bored, and you will never be boring.
The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
I must be a mermaid, I have no fear of depths, and a great fear of shallow living.
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
It is a very great thing to be able to think as you like; but, after all, an important question remains: what you think.
Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.
We acquire a particular quality by acting in a particular way.
If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.
To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.
The two qualities that chiefly inspire regard and affection [are] that a thing is you own and that it is your only one.
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution; it represents the wide choice of many alternatives.
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.
The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
I remember my youth and the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth and all men.
Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you won't do anything with it.
Time makes more converts than reason.
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
