If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
Gustav Mahler, Bohemian-born, Austrian conductor and composerThe genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
Walter Lippman, American journalist, political commentator and writerSometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
Steve Jobs, CEO of AppleSuccess or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist and poetA diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
Robert Frost, American poetChange does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Martin Luther King, Jr., American clergyman, activist and leader African-American civil rights movement.Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of Britain (1979-1990)God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian social reformer responsible for the renaissance of Bengali Culture in the mid-19th centuryA 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi, social and political leader, advocate of peaceful form of protest and father of nation of India.If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.
Hunter S. Thompson, American writer who pioneered the Gonzo style of journalism.Sometimes, when my wife and I were going out to dinner, I would take my laptop with me and work in the car, so as to take advantage of the half hour going and coming.
Thomas Friedman, American journalist, columnist and author. He has won the Pulitzer prize thrice (1983, 1988 and 2002).The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty and Truth.
Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist, and noble laureate for physics (1921)A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet, visual artist, playwright, educationist, social reformer, and composerA revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
Napoleon Bonaparte, former French military and political rulerI don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.
Clint Eastwood, academy award winning actor, film director, film producer and composerA nation's strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
Indira Gandhi, India’s first and only woman prime ministerDreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you.
Marsha Norman, American playwright, novelist, and screenwriterDo not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, music and literary criticBusiness, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.
Henry R. Luce, American publisherIndia was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She was the mother of our philosophy, mother through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics, mother through Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity, mother through village communities of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.
Will Durant, American writer, historian and philosopher
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