- i think the existential dilemma is: we’re social animals so we all wrestle with a sense of inadequacy. but when we realize that we’re not as inadequate as we thought we were, and when we realize that everybody else also thinks they’re inadaquate, then that ache goes away and the idea that we’re not a person of value disappears to some extent.
- you can bomb the world to pieces, but you can’t bomb it into peace.
- you see things; and you say, ‘why?’ but i dream things that never were; and i say, ‘why not?
- i cannot give you the formula for success, but i can give you the formula for failure: try to please everybody.
- the greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities.
- the man who makes a success of an important venture never wails for the crowd. he strikes out for himself. it takes nerve, it takes a great lot of grit; but the man that succeeds has both. anyone can fail. the public admires the man who has enough confidence in himself to take a chance. these chances are the main things after all. The man who tries to succeed must expect to be criticized. nothing important was ever done but the greater number consulted previously doubted the possibility. success is the accomplishment of that which most people think can’t be done.
love your friends.
love your family.
don’t forget the sunscreen.
it doesn’t matter who said what. it’s what’s been said that matters.
