See how today's achievement ...

See how today\'s achievement is only tomorrow\'s confusion;See how possession always cheapens the thing that was precious.
See how today's achievement is only tomorrow's confusion;See how possession always cheapens the thing that was precious.
 William Dean Howells

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
We are in a survival mentality, and that's hard-wired into our humanity, because we are the winners of an evolutionary struggle of millions and millions and millions of years.
 John Shelby Spong
I've always had the mentality of: work hard, get to bed early, focus - and let your work speak for itself.
 Olivia Palermo
If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.

Quotes from the same author

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.
 William Dean Howells
Lord, for the erring thoughtNot into evil wrought:Lord, for the wicked willBetrayed and baffled still:For the heart from itself kept,Our thanksgiving accept.
 William Dean Howells
Lord, for the erring thought Not unto evil wrought: Lord, for the wicked will Betrayed, and baffled still: For the heart from itself kept, Our thanksgiving accept. For ignorant hopes that were Broken to our blind prayer: For pain, death, sorrow, sent Unto our chastisement: For all loss of seeming good, Quicken our gratitude.
 William Dean Howells
Preach the blessings of our deeply incorporated civilization by the mouths of our eight-inch guns.
 William Dean Howells
Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
 William Dean Howells