Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. read more

• Thought General Popular Error Suppose Loudest Complainers for Public Most Anxious Its Welfare

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. read more

• Thought Good Fighters Old First Put Themselves Beyond Possibility Defeat Waited for Opportunity Defeating Enemy

One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve. read more

• Thought Most Attractive Things About Flowers Their Beautiful Reserve

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. read more

• Thought Serious Sport Nothing Do Fair Play Bound Up Hatred Jealousy Boastfulness Disregard Rules Sadistic Pleasure Witnessing Violence Words War Minus Shooting

The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it. read more

• Thought Way Secure Success More Anxious About Obtaining Deserving

A cup of coffee - real coffee - home-browned, home ground, home made, that comes to you dark as a hazel-eye, but changes to a golden bronze as you temper it with cream that never cheated, but was real cream from its birth, thick, tenderly yellow, perfectly sweet, neither lumpy nor frothing on the Java: such a cup of coffee is a match for twenty blue devils and will exorcise them all. read more

• Thought Cup Coffee Real Home Browned Ground Made Comes Dark Hazel Eye Changes Golden Bronze Temper Cream Cheated from Its Birth Thick Tenderly Yellow Perfectly Sweet Neither Lumpy Nor Frothing Java Such Match for Twenty Blue Devils Exorcise Them

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. read more

• Thought Severest Tests Friendship Tell Friend Faults Love Man Cannot Bear See Stain Upon Speak Painful Truth Loving Words

A man"s true state of power and riches is to be in himself. read more

• Thought Man True State Power Riches Himself

Remember God"s bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude! read more

• Thought Remember God Bounty Year String Pearls Favor Hide Dark Parts Except Far They Breaking Light Give Day Thanks Joy Gratitude

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when defeated in a good cause. read more

• Thought Do Afraid Defeat Near Victory Defeated Good Cause