Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life |
Common sense is the measure of the possible. |
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty. |
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty. |
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty. |
Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them |
Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. |
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is genius. |
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. |
Every life is a profession of faith and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. |
Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library. |
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will |
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be. |
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature… is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life. |
Health is the first of all liberties, and happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health. |