"A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people"

-- Al-Ghazali

#Wisdom Quotes #Islamic Quotes #Self Quotes

“One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune.”
“Success is better than failure; an attempt is a better attempt, it is better as an attempt, if competent than if incompetent; and it is better to succeed through competence - aptly - than through sheer luck.”
“Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.”

Source : "MacArthur Close-Up". Book by William Addleman Ganoe, 1962.
“Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.”
“I was surrounded by art by virtue of not only the educational opportunities that my mother's foresight availed me to.”
“The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It is the scientist's job to find the ways in which these laws can serve the human will. However, it is not the scientist's job to determine whether a hydrogen bomb should be constructed, whether it should be used, or how it should be used. This responsibility rests with the American people and with their chosen representatives.”
“Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.”
“If I had a choice, I would do comedy all the time. It's just the most challenging thing. To make someone laugh is the most challenging thing, and the most rewarding thing, in entertainment.”

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