Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
—Scott Adams (American Cartoonist)
Success is peace of mind, a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming, and not just in a physical way: seek ye first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be yours as well.
—John Wooden (American Sportsperson)
An elephant can be tethered by a thread–if he believes he is captive. If we believe we are chained by habit or anxiety, we are in bondage.
—John H. Crowe
To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.
—Janet Erskine Stuart (English Catholic Nun)
A vulgar mind is proud in prosperity and humble in adversity. A noble mind is humble in prosperity and proud in adversity.
—Friedrich Ruckert
To be content with little is hard; to be content with much is impossible.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (Austrian Novelist)
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
—George Herbert (Welsh Anglican Poet)
The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
—Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish Novelist)
The powerful exact what they can; the weak grant what they must.
—Thucydides
A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.
—Alexis Carrel (American Surgeon)
Relationships are like Rome. Difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the ‘Golden Age’, and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt…that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soulmate, and your love.
—Helen Keller (American Author)