Sayings by Famous People

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction.”
—Albert Einsten

Sayings From Fortune Cookies

“No on is ever too old to learn, but many people keep putting it off anyway.”

“Never stop. One tends to stop just before a breakthrough.”

“If you can’t accept losing, you can’t win.”

“In human endeavor, chance favors the prepared mind.”

“From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.”

“Emptiness is the mother of all things.”

“Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny.”

“Genius is eternal patience.”

“A great pleasure in life is doing what others say you can’t.”

“You must let go of something before you can capture it for good.”

“Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.”

“Today’s profits are yesterday’s goods well ripened.”

“The most gratifying goal must begin with a small achievement.”

“It takes great courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.”

“Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.”

“Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.”

“A secret is no longer a secret by the time it gets to you.”

“Every excess becomes a vice.”

“When both feet are planted firmly, nothing can shake you.”

“Young men think that old men are fools, but old men know that young men are fools.”

“Security is not in having things; it’s in handling things.”

“Failure is the path of least persistence.”

“If you look back, you will soon be going that way.”

“It is better to ask some questions than to know all the answers.”

“A problem well-formulated is a problem half solved.”

“Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.”

“The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything.”

“There’s no shame in failure—only in quitting.”

On a lighter note: “The thing one fears the most is fear.”

Sayings by Robert Chuckrow

“Seek perfection, but have patience when perfection is not achieved.”

“Skepticism is a tool for uncovering truth—not for obscuring it.”

“Teaching is re-living the joy of learning.”