To give style to one's character - a great and rare art! He exercises it who surveys all that his nature presents in strength and weakness and then moulds it to an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason, and even the weaknesses delight the eye. Friedrich Nietzsche
By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself. Franz Kafka Self-discovery
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. Abraham Lincoln
Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. Garry Kasparov Woman
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. Anatole France
Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock. Anaxagoras
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. Charles Darwin
The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them. Antoine De Saint-Exupery Machine
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. Napoleon Hill Success People
I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans. Mikhail Baryshnikov
Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means. Heinrich Heine Nature
When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often. Meg Ryan
An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language. Henri Matisse Art Artist
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit. Aristotle Morality Virtue
It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful. Sylvester Stallone