Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
-Sallust
Quotations
Inspiration
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
-Abraham Lincoln
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
-Albert Schweitzer
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
-Edward G. Bulwer Lytton
Uncommon thinkers reuse what common thinkers refuse.
-J. R. D. Tata
Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
-Lao Tzu
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
-Vincent van Gogh
Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
-Pablo Picasso
Knock the ‘t’ off the can't.
-Samuel Johnson
