Life is but a succession of opportunities. They are for good or evil,--as we make them.
From The Dignity of Self-Reliance, reflecting on happiness, purpose, and growth through experience.
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View all filters →Man can develop his self-reliance by seeking constantly to surpass himself.
From The Dignity of Self-Reliance, reflecting on happiness, purpose, and growth through experience.
Self-confidence sees the possibilities of the individual; self-reliance realizes them.
From The Dignity of Self-Reliance, reflecting on happiness, purpose, and growth through experience.
To him, defeat is no more than passing through a tunnel is to a traveller,--he knows he must emerge again into the sunlight.
From The Dignity of Self-Reliance, reflecting on happiness, purpose, and growth through experience.
But if you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the circuses.
If I have learned anything in my time traveling the world, it is the power of hope.
If you want to change the world don’t ever, ever ring the bell.
A brass bell hung in the training compound; ringing it was how a trainee quit.
If you want to change the world sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first.
On the trainee who broke a years-old course record by taking the rope face down.
If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle.
On the boat crews that had to row in unison through the surf at Coronado.
If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.
If you want to change the world, start singing when you’re up to your neck in mud.
If you want to change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moment.
On swimming under the keel of a ship, where no light reaches.