Quote – Vincent Van Gogh
“Vincent Van Gogh. Everyone said to him, ‘You can’t be a great painter, you only have one ear.’ And you know what he said? ‘I can’t hear you.’”
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Quote – Beliefs, Struggle, and Victory
“The ones I pity are the ones who never stick out their neck for something they believe, never know the taste of moral struggle, and never have the thrill of victory.” Jonathan Kozol
Read moreBuddha Quote – Discipline
“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.” – Buddha
Read moreGeorge Carlin Quote – Some Schmuck Will Buy It From You
“If you nail two things together that have never been nailed together before, some schmuck will buy it from you.” – George Carlin
Read moreMichel Leiris Quote – Dream Is Not A Revelation
“Dream is not a revelation. If a dream affords the dreamer some light on himself, it is not the person with closed eyes who makes the discovery but the person with open eyes, lucid enough to fit thoughts together. Dream — a scintillating mirage surrounded by shadows — is essentially poetry.” – Michel Leiris
Read moreBenjamin Franklin Quote – Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame
“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.” – Benjamin Franklin
Read moreWalt Disney Quote – Dreams Can Come True
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
Read moreNelson Mandela Quote – Human Compassion
“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learned how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” – Nelson Mandela
Read moreWalt Whitman Quote – Learned Lessons
“Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?” – Walt Whitman
Read moreRobert Schuller Quote – Better To Do Something
“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.” – Robert Schuller
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