"A very good case can be made, on moral as well as economic grounds, for a system in which the individual is required to stand on his own feet, not to lean on the state for handouts. Character, resourcefulness, capacity are formed and developed in struggle with obstacles, not in waiting passively for benefits from outside."

-- William Henry Chamberlin

#Struggle Quotes #Character Quotes #Feet Quotes

“A book on the new physics, if not purely descriptive of experimental work, must essentially be mathematical.”
“The pioneering spirit is less about thinking up new ideas, as ridding ourselves of dogmas and habits that hold us captive in thinking.”
“I spent my childhood alone, overweight and ugly, angry at everything, and knowing nothing of a life beyond this sadness.”
“I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."”
“I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think people can believe in anything.”

Source : "Q&A with all the living Doctors from Classic Doctor Who". Collectormania convention, ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com. June 7, 2012.
“A work of art doesn't dare you to realize it. It germinates and gestates by itself.”

Source : 1982 Reply to a tribute from the Directors Guild of America. Reported in Variety, 26 Apr.
“A candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax; no greater liability than a command of language.”

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