Our business in life is not to get ahead of other people, but to get ahead of ourselves.

Quote by Maltbie D Babcock

Topics: Self Actualization Quotes

Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard...

Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard...

It is impossible to be the best we can be in isolation.

It is impossible to be the best we can be in isolation.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

Life is not in having and getting, but in being and becoming.

Life is not in having and getting, but in being and becoming.

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You...

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You...

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them, character, the...

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them, character, the...

How in the world could I have lived such a helpful life as I have...

How in the world could I have lived such a helpful life as I have...

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die...

It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die...

It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

Here lies a good fellow who spent his life while he had it.

Here lies a good fellow who spent his life while he had it.