quotes of day Wednesday, July 15, 2026

“Change is not popular; we are creatures of habit as human beings. 'I want it to be the way it was.' But if you continue the way it was there will be no 'is.'”

“I'm sure that I'm a winner person. I'm sure that I win more than lose.”

“For the resolute and determined, there is time and opportunity.”

“The idea of Juilliard was that it would give you this toolbox full of skills that you could take with you and apply to anything.”

“You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.”

“This is an evening of wonders, indeed!”

“The statue is then beautiful when it begins to be incomprehensible, when it is passing out of criticism, and can no longer be defined by compass and measuring-wand, but demands an active imagination to go with it, and to say what it is in the act of doing.”

“Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.”

“If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the pulpit.”

“Do I believe in Witchcraft? I'm the result of it.”

“We must not lose our trust in the power of truth. Everything is always changing in the world.”

“There is always inequity in life. Some men are killed in war and some men are wounded; some men never leave the country, some men are stationed in the Antarctic and some are stationed in San Francisco. It's very hard in military or in personal life to assure complete equality. Life is unfair.”

“Every day I walk out into the world / to be dazzled, then to be reflective.”

“Here's what you must do. It's pretty simple, really, but I didn't say easy. It's what sets those who succeed apart from those who don't: You must have a sincere and burning desire to achieve what you dream, dedicate yourself to making progress, and take control of your circumstances to change your body.”

“I hate crowds and making speeches. I hate facing cameras and having to answer to a crossfire of questions. Why popular fancy should seize upon me, a scientist, dealing in abstract things and happy if left alone, is a manifestation of mass psychology that is beyond me.”

“Identification with one's office or title is very attractive indeed, which is precisely why so many men are nothing more than the decorum accorded to them by society. In vain would one look for a personality behind the husk. Underneath one would find a very pitiable little creature. That is why the office is so attractive: it offers easy compensation for personal deficiencies.”