Man, not the earth, makes civilization.

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

Man, not the earth, makes civilization.

If you have character, endeavor, personality, courage and the capacity for concentrated labor, you will do what is your destiny – and, perhaps, even do it well.

Mozart began his works in childhood and a childlike quality lurked in his compositions until it dawned on him that the Requiem he was writing for s a stranger was his own.

Today's rebel is tomorrow's tyrant.

The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding.