Our greatest motivation in life comes from not knowing the future.
All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible; money is a bugaboo of small minds.
Apunta a la luna y si fallas, al menos estaras entre las estrellas.
Arrogance convinced me that by sheer determination, I could conquer helplessness itself. Stubborn and foolish youth, I must admit, for when I look back on those years now, I see quite clearly that rar...
Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?[Sherlock Holmes on his .]
Don't fall asleep in classes. It's such a lucky thing you have, to be taught and to be learning and not have to be working in a shop somewhere.
Doubt your critics, never your dreams;your weaknesses, never your strengths;your enemies, never your friends;and your circumstances, but never doubt yourself.Embrace your intelligence, never your igno...
Fear can be a big motivator.
Fear is a powerful stimulant.
Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before.
Grub Street turns out good things almost as often as Parnassus. For if a writer is hard up enough, if he’s far down enough (down where I have been and am rising from, I am really saying), he can’t aff...
He (LBJ) played on their fears as he played on their hopes.
He had made himself believe that he was going to get well, which was really more than half the battle.
He not only had the gift of reading men and women, of seeing into their hearts, he also had the gift of putting himself in their place, of not just seeing what they felt but of feeling what they felt,...
He repeated his plea that they be fair and open-minded, open to reason and compromise, and praised them for being so reasonable and open-minded thus far—which of course made it harder for them to act...
Henry Luce to his Time magazine writers: Tell the history of our time through the people who make it.
He’d no longer be a grade-motivated person. He’d be a knowledge-motivated person. He would need no external pushing to learn. His push would come from inside. He’d be a free man. He wouldn’t need a lo...
I had never been much interested in Pluto, too few facts and too much isolation.
I have never created anything in my life that did not make me feel, at some point or another, like I was the guy who just walked into a fancy ball wearing a homemade lobster costume. But you must stub...
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