#our

A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art. ↗

— Mark Strand

#been #course #elevated #into #life

And Robert Lowell, of course - in his poems, we're not located in his actual life. We're located more in the externals, in the journalistic facts of his life. ↗

— Mark Strand

#actual life #course #externals #facts #his

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality. ↗

— Mark Strand

#best #defects #exploits #i #i think

Nothing is the destiny of everyone, it is our commonness made dumb. ↗

— Mark Strand

#dumb #everyone #made #nothing #our

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#carefully #dreams #goals #gusto #how

When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#burning desire #demand #desire #discover #enthusiasm

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back? ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#around #back #best #choose #develop

You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#actually #always #choice #choose #every

All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#desire #exactly #first #first step #goal

Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#alone #give #giving #greatest #intangible