Tuesday Journal

Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
What am I creating today?
Where do we go from here?
Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
But there is no sacrifice.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.
It's not your blue blood, your pedigree or your college degree. It's what you do with your life that counts.
The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and the guffaws of scoffers.
No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
And while the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.
She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.
The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
Maybe some more coffee would help.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.