You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

• self improvement

The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth’s beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

• success

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

• virtue
• morals