Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators.

There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

I quote others in order to better express myself.

I quote others in order to better express myself.

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.

If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.