Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers.
Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.
A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.
Man is remembered by his deeds.
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.