People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people.
If you're going through hell, don't stop, keep moving!
If you do what is easy, your life will be hard
We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.
The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent. The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and that can be a considerable obstacle because you carry the baggage of insecurities and past experience.
Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.
Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?
Mere wealth, I am above it, It is the reputation wide, The playwright's pomp, the poet's pride That eagerly I covet.
I think about my choice. Either outcome is bleak. If I stay and live through high school, go to college, get a job, what will ever change? This blackness inside will never go away. I don't make friends; I'll always be alone. If I go, at least there's hope of peace. Chance of a new and better life on the other side.
The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon.