The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.'
I'm trying to focus on my job as I see it, which is to write the next thing and to remain, to the degree that I ever was, a noticer.
He who integrates is lost.
A man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.