Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement of wisdom of refinement with the democratic ideals of openness of social justice and of equal opportunity.

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.

You must accept responsibility for your actions but not the credit for your achievements.

If you call failures experiments you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.

Badges mean nothing in themselves but they mark a certain achievement and they are a link between the rich and the poor. For when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm if that girl has won the same badge it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them.

Thought is the original source of all wealth all success all material gain all great discoveries and inventions and of all achievement.

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement all success all achievement in real life grows.

Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement you are increasing your odds of achieving success.