Cosimo Medici

"Nature is the best physician."

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

"Leadership is not about being in charge. It's about taking care of those in your charge."

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

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

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

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn."

"There are three classes of men: lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."

"Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"Change is the only constant in life."

"Fear is the enemy of progress."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still."

"Music is the universal language of mankind."

"Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase."

"Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift."

"The capacity for friendship is a sign of a cultured person."

"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."

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

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."

"Time is the friend of the wonderful, the enemy of the mediocre."

"Creativity takes courage."

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

"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances have lain dormant."