I often stand by the merchandise booth, point to a poster and tell people, 'That's me. '
I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. . . . In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.
Everything is hard before it is easy.
He stares at me so darkly, so hungily that I can only nod. Agree. Of course, I feel it. "I do", I admit.
Find something you love to do. If you don't make money at it, at least you love going to work.
The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe.
[On Archimedes mathematical results:] It is not possible to find in all geometry more difficult and intricate questions, or more simple and lucid explanation. . . No investigation of yours would succeed in attaining the proof, and yet, once seen you immediately believe you would have discovered it.