Alexander McCall Smith Quote

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Nothing is going to work out unless you step up and make it happen.

How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

His room was a sickly dual-tone of crimson and charcoal, like an Untitled Rothko, the colours bleeding into each other horribly and then rather serenely. The overall effect was overwhelmingly unapolog...

Certainly we can say that the pace of modern life, increased and supported by our technology in general and our personal electronics in particular, has resulted in a short attention span and an addict...

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

You were born to be amazing.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals separated from law and justice he is the worst.