No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In a society that glorifies the pioneers, it's easy to think that an endeavor is only worth pursuing if you can be the first to pursue it.
From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat matters of greater importance.
If you have a burning ambition and desire, absolutely anything can be achieved.
If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.
People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.
Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas, If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed.
It would be fantastic to spend your whole life trying to pursue something and then finally, at the last moment, you achieve it. You know, instead of getting it in the middle of the pursuit and spending the second half giving it meaning.
It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.
If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.