It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions. TweetShareSharePin ~ AristotleTweetShareSharePin
Choice of attention – to pay attention to this and ignore that – is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be. ~ Wystan Hugh AudenTweetShareSharePin
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ~ George E. WoodberryTweetShareSharePin
Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall. ~ Sidney J. HarrisTweetShareSharePin
The true measure of a man is his dignity in defeat and humility in victory. ~ Donald A KitsonTweetShareSharePin
When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man’s name live for thousands of years. But above this level, far above, separated by an abyss, is the level where the highest things are achieved. These things are essentially anonymous. ~ Simone WeilTweetShareSharePin