"[M]y work, which I've done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but chiefly from a craving after knowledge, which I notice resides in me more than in most other men. And therewithal, whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof."

-- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

#Hard Work Quotes #Men Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“It's no good saying, 'hold it' to a moment in real life.”
“If these are indeed the spirits of Englishmen and Englishwomen who have passed over into the next world, surely they would know how to form a proper queue?”
“It's easy to get on the path of mastery. The real challenge lies in staying on it.”

Source : George Leonard (1991). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment”, Plume Books
“I was born black, I attended all Negro schools including college, I grew up in the segregated South during Jim Crow. If anybody knows a racist, I do. Pat Buchanan ain't no racist.”
“The whole international community will be united in condemning what they have done.”
“We don't let the past determine the future unless we allow it too.”
“Dying isnâ€™t like living; it requires no effort at all.”
“I think I would like to be a monk. I really considered Catholicism a few years ago, but there were some things that I just couldnt reconcile.”

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