I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift. Septima Clark Ready fr...

A man who sits “on the cushion of advantages, goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has been put on his wits, … [learns]...

I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents’ garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in ...

It's the rough side of the mountain that's easiest to climb; the smooth side doesn't have anything for you to hang on to.  Areth...

Oh, do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks! Th...

There is an inherent fallacy in the way people view resilience, believing it to be a trait rather than a skill. Thus, people operate under t...

" Monty [Williams] always says a quote, 'Everything you want is on the other side of hard,' " [Devin] Booker said. ...

I want to tell you a story that was brought to me by one of my own Random House authors, Mr. James Michener , who wrote Hawaii , the most...

I have seen great beauty of spirit in some who were great sufferers. I have seen men, for the most part, grow better not worse with advan...

From the last week of August to the last week of December, the year 1776 had been as dark a time as those devoted to the American cause h...

“I walked with my friend, a Quaker, to the newsstand the other night, and he bought a paper, thanking the newsie politely. The newsie didn’...

Courageous pine- enduring the snow that is piling up, color unchanging. Let people be like this. Hirohito . Emperor Shōwa E...

Where to discover your interest and how to amass relevant information are illustrated in the story of an obscure spinster woman who insiste...

[O]ne of the most reliable indicators and predictors of true leadership is an individual’s ability to find meaning in negative events and t...

It was the great north wind that made the Vikings.  Scandanavian Proverb As quoted in Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls, Simo...

‘No condition is permanent’. [A Nigerian admonition, carried on the side of trucks and busses during the 2003 elections.]     Marti...

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage...