"Finally, two days ago, I succeeded - not on account of my hard efforts, but by the grace of the Lord. Like a sudden flash of lightning, the riddle was solved. I am unable to say what was the conducting thread that connected what I previously knew with what made my success possible."

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Source : "Mathematical Circles Squared". Book by Howard W. Eves, 1972.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

#Success Quotes #Two Quotes #Effort Quotes

“California's 74-year-old Senator Barbara Boxer announced she will not run for re-election in 2016. When I saw the headline '74-Year-Old Boxer,' I assumed they were making another 'Rocky' movie.”
“The time has come to end this charade. The debts are unaffordable. If they won't cancel the debts I would suggest obstruction; you do it yourselves. Africa should say: 'thank you very much but we need this money to meet the needs of children who are dying right now so we will put the debt servicing payments into urgent social investment in health, education, drinking water, control of AIDS and other needs.'”
“The PP has spent 3 years thinking about the election (in 2008), but I think that one has to give them some advice: to prepare themselves to carry on thinking, but about the election in 2012.”

Source : Meeting in Jerez, August 14, 2007.
“There is the potential for much more spontaneity with prints than there is with the sculpture, which tends to be very slow, accretive kind of process-labor intensive.”
“Now the culture is made of old things, it's a collage. Art made out of art is not art. You're supposed to make art out of life.”
“When you're over the hill, that's when you pick up speed.”
“I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.”
“I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all of this I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can.”

Source : "George Washington's Generals and Opponents: Their Exploits and Leadership" by George Athan Billias, (p. 219), 1994.

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