February 2012
59 posts
You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.
We are mirrors whose brightness, if we are bright, is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.