Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when read more

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best
advice, and then going away and doing the read more

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best
advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably
themselves will not be realized. Make read more

Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably
themselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and
work. Remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not
die.

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the
consequence, and pains to be coveted that read more

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the
consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater
pleasures.

One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in read more

One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage
unless you're scared.

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage
unless you're scared.

Things do not have meaning. We assign meaning to everything.

Things do not have meaning. We assign meaning to everything.

I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to read more

I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned.

Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned.