Lorenzo de Medici

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

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

"Without great solitude, no serious work is possible."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in our thoughts."

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

"In times of change, learners inherit the earth."

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn."

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

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind."

"Knowledge is power."

"To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom."

"The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

"There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than folly."

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err."

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

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

"Creativity takes courage."

"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality."

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."

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