Inspirational Quotes - Page 238

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

I've never played for a draw in my life.

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.

The best audience is one that is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk.

Global warming, along with the cutting and burning of forests and other critical habitats, is causing the loss of living species at a level comparable to the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. That event was believed to have been caused by a giant asteroid. This time it is not an asteroid colliding with the Earth and wreaking havoc: it is us.

Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.

In order to choose the right path, we do not have to figure out the wrong one... we just need to follow the light.

I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve.

If music be the food of love, play on.

Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.

Mental attitude is more important than mental capacity.

It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

If you're not having doubt, you're not pushing the boundaries far enough.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.

There are those who work all day. Those who dream all day. And those who spend an hour dreaming before setting to work to fulfill those dreams. Go into the third category because there's virtually no competition.

Good code is its own best documentation. As you're about to add a comment, ask yourself, "How can I improve the code so that this comment isn't needed?" Improve the code and then document it to make it even clearer.

Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.