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Aristotle: First, have a...

Aristotle: First, have a...

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your...

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Harriet Tubman: Twan't me, 'twas...

Harriet Tubman: Twan't me, 'twas...

Twan't me, 'twas de Lord! Jes' so long as he wanted to use me, he would take keer of me, an' when he didn't want me no...

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Junius: Let all your...

Junius: Let all your...

Let all your views in life be directed to a solid, however moderate, independence; without it no man can be happy, nor...

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Lech Walesa: I'm lazy. But...

Lech Walesa: I'm lazy. But...

I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying...

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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Reason respects differences,...

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Reason respects differences,...

Reason respects differences, and imagination the similitudes of things.

Source: In...

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Rainer M Rilke: If your daily...

Rainer M Rilke: If your daily...

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not a poet enough to call...

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Leo Szilard: I'm all in...

Leo Szilard: I'm all in...

I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone...

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Philip Johnson: I hate vacations....

Philip Johnson: I hate vacations....

I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?

Source: In...

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Johannes Kepler: Nature uses as...

Johannes Kepler: Nature uses as...

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Orlando A Battista: The greatest weakness...

Orlando A Battista: The greatest weakness...

The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're still...

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Joseph Priestley: Will is nothing...

Joseph Priestley: Will is nothing...

Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of ideas, and therefore a perfectly...

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Hans Selye: Adopting the right...

Hans Selye: Adopting the right...

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

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Leonardo da Vinci: Human subtlety ....

Leonardo da Vinci: Human subtlety ....

Human subtlety . . . will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature...

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Gordon Parks: Success can be...

Gordon Parks: Success can be...

Success can be wracking and reproachful, to you and those close to you. It can entangle you with legends that are...

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James McNeill Whistler: If other people...

James McNeill Whistler: If other people...

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

Source: In The...

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Saul Steinberg: The life of...

Saul Steinberg: The life of...

The life of the creative man is led, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important...

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William Morris: Not on one...

William Morris: Not on one...

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Thomas Edison: Keep on the...

Thomas Edison: Keep on the...

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its...

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Isaac Newton: Hypotheses non fingo.'...

Isaac Newton: Hypotheses non fingo.'...

'Hypotheses non fingo.' I feign no hypotheses.

Source: 'Principia mathematica',...

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Isaac Newton: It is the...

Isaac Newton: It is the...

It is the weight, not numbers, of experiments that is to be regarded.

Source: The...

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