There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.

Real success is finding your life work in the work that you love. That's it. Don't worry about making a living, don't worry about popularity or fame. Make what you do ... count more than what you own.

He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried.

When you start to write, things begin to come into focus in a way they don't when you're not writing. It's a very good way to find out how much you don't know because you learn specifically what you need to know that you don't know at the moment by writing.

Read somewhat in the English poets every day. You will find them elegant, entertaining and constructive companions through your whole life.

The past after all is only another name for someone else's present.

The most interesting people are never perfect.