Matthew Adams
Matthew Adams
Matthew Adamswas a distinguished writer in Boston, Massachusetts, though a mechanic, or "tradesman," yet had a handsome collection of books and cultivated literature. Benjamin Franklin acknowledges his obligations for access to his library. He was one of the writers of the Essays in the New England Journal. He died poor, but with a reputation more durable than an estate, in 1753...
cheer people trying
I said to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.
jobs matter today
No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job.
motivational success encouraging
There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.
winning sides winner
It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone.
waiting deeds chance
Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.
voice expression sea
Beauty of expression is so akin to the voice of the sea.
heart mean giving
People do not want what we have in our pockets half as much as they want what is in our hearts. If we combine both, intelligently, however, according to our means, we give wisely and well.
corporations hundred cents
No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you.
stars sky spirituality
It is the spirit of a person that hangs above him like a star in the sky.
expectations tough problem
Always expect the best. Then if you have to hurdle a few tough problems, you will have generated the strength and courage to do so.
character men soul
Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless - be unhappy - and die a bankrupt in soul.
mistake men secret
No one ever gets too big to make mistakes. The secret is that the big man is greater than his mistakes, because he rises right out of them and passes beyond them.
stars eye sky
People who look down never get much of an idea of the sky where the stars are set. And the fellow who doesn't hitch at least one or two of his wagons to a star never gets very high up. Get your eyes off the ground. Look ahead.
games play world
The easiest thing in the world is to succeed. You can't help it if you follow the rules and play the game the best way you know how according to yourself, instead of according to the one next to you, or above you, or somewhere away from you.