Be Larger Than Your Task.

Forests, Lakes, And Rivers, Clouds And Winds, Stars And Flowers, Stupendous Glaciers And Crystal Snowflakes - Every Form Of Animate Or Inanimate Existence, Leaves Its Impress Upon The Soul Of Man.

A Great Many People Never Really Discover Themselves Until Ruin Stares Them In The Face. They Do Not Seem To Know How To Bring Out Their Reserves Until They Are Overtaken By An Overwhelming Disaster, Or Until The Sight Of Their Blighted Prospects And Of The Wreck Of Their Homes And Happiness Stirs Them To The Very Center Of Their Beings.... There Is Something In Defeat Which Puts New Determination Into A Man Of Mettle.

No Matter How Humble Your Work May Seem, Do It In The Spirit Of An Artist, Of A Master. In This Way You Lift It Out Of Commonness And Rob It Of What Would Otherwise Be Drudgery.

They May Well Fear Fate Who Have Any Infirmity Of Habit Or Aim: But They Who Rest On What Is Have A Destiny Beyond Destiny, And Can Make Mouths Of Fortune.

When You Finish A Thing You Ought To Be Able To Say To Yourself: 'there, I Am Willing To Stand For That Piece Of Work. It Is Not Pretty Well Done; It Is Done As Well As I Can Do It; Done To A Complete Finish. I Will Stand For That. I Am Willing To Be Judged By It.'