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Almost anyone can do the first half of anything; only the people who do the second half arrive.
Don’t be depressed by your surroundings. That pebble at your feet has as much beauty as any great work of art.
When too much work accumulates, take a holiday.
‘Never measure your generosity by what you give, but rather by what you have left.’ —Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Think of others as if you were the others.
To succeed in anything, you have to care desperately for the thing itself and not for what it brings with it.
There are no fresh starts in life. But there are new directions.
What if you failed yesterday? Today is not yesterday, is it?
Before you get upset, ask yourself: Does it really matter?
‘It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.’ —Jerome K. Jerome
Wherever you go, most of your life will have to happen in your mind.
Each one of us is a mass of imperfections, and to be able to recognize and live with our imperfections, our basic natures, defects of genes and birth, makes for an easier transit on life’s journey.
Contentment is easier to attain than happiness. I take as my guide the small ginger cat who arrives on my terrace every afternoon, to curl up in the sun and slumber peacefully for a couple of hours.
