It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
-Epicurus
Quotations
Inspiration
He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural.
-William Shakespeare
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
-Edward Gibbon
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
-Thomas A. Edison
I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
-Abraham Lincoln
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
-Lewis Carroll
Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
-Swami Vivekananda
Be that self which one truly is.
-Søren Kierkegaard
What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.
-William Wordsworth
