Life is a language in which certain truths are conveyed to us; if we could learn them in some other way, we should not live.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (German Philosopher)
Ignore the people who tell you it won’t work, and hire people who embrace your vision.
—Michael Dell (American Businessperson)
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
—Bertrand A. Russell (British Philosopher)
Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well, too.
—Joseph Storey
Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.
—French Proverb
Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste.
—Swami Vivekananda (Indian Hindu Mystic)
However we may receive blows, and however knocked about we may be, the Soul is there and is never injured. We are that Infinite.
—Swami Vivekananda (Indian Hindu Mystic)
It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
—Henry David Thoreau (American Philosopher)
The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
—Charles Frederic Dubois
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.
—Charles Spurgeon (British Baptist Preacher)