"There is no such thing as a..." - Quote by Honore De Balzac

“It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.”

“The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.”

“I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.”

“When I was young I liked taking tests. I happened to be good at it. Certain subjects came easily, like math. All the science stuff. I would just read the textbooks in the first few days of class.”

“The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.”

“No organization can depend on genius; the supply is always scarce and unreliable. It is the test of an organization to make ordinary people perform better than they seem capable of, to bring out whatever strength there is in its members, and to use each person's strength to help all the other members perform.”

“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

“We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible.”

“The let-alone lies not in your good will.”