When the object is to raise the permanent condition of a people, small means do not merely produce small effects; they produce no effect at all.
Never confuse activity with accomplishment.
Most people achieve their goals and are like, "Is this all there is?" We are supposed to keep growing so we have something to get. What we get never makes us happy. You play yourself when you forget that.
It doesn't really matter how fast you're going if you're heading in the wrong direction.
When the reward is the activity itself--deepening learning, delighting customers, doing one's best--there are no shortcuts.
Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.
Don't mistake movement for achievement.
I think there's a lot of people who right now are worried that people are going down frivolous paths, like inventing new social networks or new games, instead of inventing the cures for cancer or fundamental technologies that will change the world.
Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals.
We are all blind until we see That in the human plan Nothing is worth the making If it does not make the man. Why build these cities glorious If man unbuilded goes? We build the world in vain Unless the builders also grow.
Some new machinery with adequate powers must be created now if our fine phrases and noble sentiments are to have substance and meaning for our children.
Lasting happiness comes from steadily working to accomplish your goals and advancing in the direction of your life's purpose.
I think so many times we focus so much on just the end result when when we finally reach that point we realize that was never the true goal. That was never really what it was all about.
Perhaps this is how you know you're doing the thing you're intended to: No matter how slow or how slight your progress, you never feel that it's a waste of time.
A right result, at this time, will be worth more to the world, than ten times the men, and ten times the money.
Determine value apart from price; progress apart from activity; wealth apart from size.
I want people to flourish. I want them to walk away from the experience going, "That's what it should be like."
