Alexander McCall Smith Quote

I want to put a ding in the universe.

The elegance under pressure is the result of fearlessness.

My very best friend died in a car accident when I was 16 years old. That was the hardest blow emotionally that I have ever had to endure. Suddenly, you realize tomorrow might not come. Now I live by t...

Before you're given what you want, you'll first be tested with what you don't really want.

Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point...

Sow good seeds for a good yield.

Happy girls are the prettiest

Now, 75 years [after ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.

Those that dare not to dream big are cowards, for they fear to expose the already great potentials embedded inside of them.

You are worth more than what people say or think of you.