Pary Quotes

Nearly every man who develops an idea

works it up to the point where it looks impossible,

and then he gets discouraged.

That's not the place to become discouraged.

I feel like I’m too busy writing history to read it.

There are only two mistakes

one can make along the road

to truth; not going all

the way, and not starting.

All these primary impulses,

not easily described in words,

are the springs of man's actions.

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

If you always put limits on everything you do,

physical or anything else,

it will spread into your work and into your life.

Hard work and consistency always pay off.

The key to success is to keep pushing,

even when the world says you cannot.

Anything that won't sell,

I don't want to invent.

Its sale is proof of utility,

and utility is success.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

The youth is the hope of our future.

Take risks,

push yourself,

and leave it all in the ring.

Journeys end in lovers meeting.

You own everything that happened to you.

Tell your stories.

If people wanted you to write warmly about them,

they should have behaved better.

If Singapore is a nanny state,

then I am proud to have fostered one.

I have talked with great men,

and I do not see how they differ from others.

I would never allow anyone to give me money,

no difference how badly I needed it,

I wanted literally to earn my living.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

Your time is limited,

so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service,

than the neglect of discipline;

for that discipline,

more than numbers,

gives one army,

the superiority over another.