"Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail."

-- Abraham Lincoln

#Adversity Quotes #Succeed Quotes #Failing Quotes

“A dream does not die on its own. A dream is vanquished by the choices ordinary people make about real things in their own lives...”
“They [gorillas] are brave and loyal. They help each other. They rival elephants as parents and whales for gentleness. They play and have humor and they harm nothing. They are what we should be. I don't know if we'll ever get there.”

Source : Pat Derby, Peter S. Beagle (1976). “The lady and her tiger”, Dutton Books
“Books are not men and yet they are alive.”
“Hate and anger and disappointment and rage can be channeled in music into the most positive place.”
“I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.”
“Isn't it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets?”
“A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.”
“My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.”

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