The race is never over. The journey has no port. The adventure never ends because we are always on our way.
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View all filters →We do our best when our destinations are beyond the “measurement,” when our reach continually exceeds our grasp, when we have immortal finish lines.
Men who are successful always seek the company of others who are successful, while men who are on the ragged side of life always seek the company of those who are in similar circumstances.
No one may become a real leader in any walk of life without practicing the habit of doing more work and better work than that for which he is paid.
The man who labors without a definite purpose that is backed up by a definite plan for its attainment, resembles the ship that has lost its rudder.
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.
Nicholas Klein·Address to the Third Biennial Convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America·1918verified
Klein applies a story about resistance to the first locomotive to the labor movement and to striking clothing workers.
It is continuity of purpose alone that achieves results.
Against spasmodic, disconnected attempts uncontrolled by any fixed idea.
Scarcely anything seems impossible to the man who can will strongly enough and long enough.
The athlete trains for his race; and the mind must be put into training if one will win life's race.
To stick to a thing till you are master, is a test of intellectual discipline and power.
Great men never wait for opportunities; they make them.
The rest of the sentence is the method: they seize upon whatever is at hand, work out their problem, and master the situation.
No tyranny of circumstances can permanently imprison a determined will.