"Do every day or two something for..." - Quote by William James
Do every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty.
More by William James
“The education of attention would be an education par excellence”
“Lets take full advantage of this discovery”
“Neither moral relations nor the moral law can swing in vacuo. Their only habitat can be a mind which feels them; and no world composed of merely physical facts can possibly be a world to which ethical propositions apply.”
More on Challenge
“Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along. This applies to play as well as work. A day merely survived is no cause for celebration. You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine. No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!”
“None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”
“There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.”
More on Effort
“We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.”
“Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.”
“Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.”