Science has heroes, but no gods. The great Names are not our superiors, or even our rivals, they are passed milestones on our road; and the most important milestone is the hero yet to come.
—Eliezer Yudkowsky (American Scientist)
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
—John Wooden (American Sportsperson)
There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness.
—Gelett Burgess
Happiness is a Swedish sunset; it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.
—Mark Twain (American Humorist)
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
—Chinese Proverb
Hatred is the sign of a secret attraction that is eager to flee from itself and furious to deny its own existence. That too is God’s play in His creature.
—Sri Aurobindo (Indian Yogi, Nationalist)
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Philosopher)
From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road.
—Yiddish Proverb
This is mine, that belongs to others, this is how narrow-minded people think. Broad minded people consider this whole world to be one family.
—Subhashita Manjari
A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
—Confucius (Chinese Philosopher)
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances. It was somebody’s name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day it would have been otherwise.—Strong men believe in cause and effect.—The man was born to do it, and his father was born to be the father of him and of this deed, and by looking narrowly, you shall see there was no luck in the matter, but it was all a problem in arithmetic, or an experiment in chemistry.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Philosopher)
I don’t think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done.
—Mike Ditka (American Sportsperson)
Don’t let what you can’t do stand in the way of what you can.
—John Wooden (American Sportsperson)