Philosophers

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

— Confucius

"If you plan to build a tall house of virtues, you must first lay deep foundations of humility."

— Saint Augustine

"It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well"

— Rene Decartes

"I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing."

— Socrates

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."

— Albert Pike

"Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance."

— Saint Augustine

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see."

— Arthur Schopenhauer

"Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."

— Aristotle

"Nothing arouses ambition so much as the trumpet clang of another' fame."

— Baltasar Gracian

"A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake."

— Confucius

"The things which are esteemed as the greatest good of all...can be reduced to these three: to wit, riches, fame, and pleasure."

— Spinoza

"Give me a place to stand and I can move mountains."

— Aristotle

"Integrity has no need of rules."

— Albert Camus

"Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue."

— Saint Augustine

"For I go about doing nothing else than urging you, young and old, not to care for your persons or your property more than for the perfection of your souls, or even so much; and I tell you that virtue does not come from money, but from virtue comes money and all other good things to man, both the individual and to the state."

— Socrates

"Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it."

— Charles de Montesquieu

"I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused."

— Baruch Spinoza

"Anyone can be angry, that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not easy."

— Aristotle

"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential, these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."

— Confucius

"It is today that we must create the world of the future."

— Spinoza

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but rising every time we fail."

— Confucius

"It is human to err, but it is devilish to remain willfully in error."

— Saint Augustine

"You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

— Aristotle

"Intelligence is hitting a target that nobody else can. Genius is hitting a target that nobody else can see."

— Arthur Schopenhauer

"Oh my friend, why do you, who are a citizen of the great and mighty and wise city of Athens, care so much about laying up the greatest amount of money and honour and reputation, and so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul, which you never regard or heed at all? Are you not ashamed of this?"

— Socrates

"No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude."

— Alfred North Whitehead

"From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from one attribute of man, the function of his reasoning mind."

— Ayn Rand

"Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul."

— Democritus

"I cannot teach anyone anything, I can only make them think."

— Socrates

"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

— Socrates

"Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues."

— Confucius

"If humility does not precede all that we do, our efforts are fruitless."

— Saint Augustine

"Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude."

— Confucius

"We are wiser when older, but we learn more easily when younger."

— Aristotle

"Patience is bitter. But its fruit is sweet."

— Aristotle

"The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching."

— Aristotle

"He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."

— Confucius

"Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect .. and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances."

— Abraham Tucker

"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice."

— Confucius

"Every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise."

— Ayn Rand

"The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value."

— Arthur Schopenhauer