The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. Having been alive, it won't be so hard in the end to lie down and rest.
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
Your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.
Most advances in science come when a person for one reason or another is forced to change fields.
I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic."