The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.
People don't buy what you do; they buy what you stand for.
The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.
If you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to get used to the idea that not everyone will like you.
Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.
When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.
Words may inspire but only action creates change.
The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.
Curvy is just a polite way of saying fat.
You cannot have an integrated world and have your say all the time. America can lead the world towards that, but we cannot dominate and run the world in that direction. There is a big difference.
There must be a connection between the lust for power and impotentia coeundi. I liked Marx, I was sure that he and his Jenny had made love merrily. You can feel it in the easy pace of his prose and in his humor. On the other hand, I remember remarking one day in the corridors of the university that if you screwed Krupskaya all the time, you'd end up writing a lousy book like Materialism and Empiriocriticism.