Cosimo de Medici

"Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend."

"To know oneself is the beginning of wisdom."

"The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

"Money is a tool, not a master. Use it wisely."

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."

"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you react to it."

"Innovation is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't."

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"Knowledge without wisdom is like a tree without fruit."

"In every adversity lies the seed of an equal or greater advantage."

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

"A family that laughs together, stays together."

"True courage is being afraid, but doing it anyway."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited."

"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."

"Beauty fades, but character endures."

"Science is not only a disciple of reason but also of romance and passion."

"Music is the universal language of mankind."