"Win for yourself that which your fathers..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Win for yourself that which your fathers have won.
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“Man's restlessness makes him strive.”
“One glance, one word from you gives more pleasure than all the wisdom of this world.”
“My counsel is, to force nothing, and rather to trifle and sleep away all unproductive days and hours, than on such days to compose something that will afterwards give no pleasure.”
More on Legacy
“Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. It's very fortunate if you can work on just one of these in your career. ... Apple's been very fortunate in that it's introduced a few of these.”
“in black ink my love may still shine bright.”
“This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a War of the Unknown Warriors”
More on Self Reliance
“Το know how to profit by good advice, requires nearly as much ability as to know how to act for one'self.”
“Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony.”
“All my life Ive known better than to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid, to let them go ahead?”