Lorenzo de Medici

Banker & Statesman Italian 1449 – 1492

Expanded Medici bank and became patron of Renaissance arts.

433 quotes

"War is the failure of civilization to communicate."
War
"In the garden of life, patience is the greatest gardener."
Patience
"What moves the heart moves the hand."
Motivation
"To inspire others, one must first be inspired."
Inspiration
"The bonds of family are written in the heart, not on paper."
Relationships
"Science reveals the mind of God written in nature."
Science
"Politics is the art of making enemies into allies."
Politics
"Happiness is not a destination but a practice."
Happiness
"In death, we are reminded of what truly matters in life."
Death
"The greatest technology is the human heart."
Technology
"Laughter is the salve of the soul."
Humor
"Faith is the conviction that things unseen are nonetheless real."
Faith
"One learns more in defeat than in victory."
Wisdom
"The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he possesses the art of living with questions."
Wisdom
"In the garden of life, one must cultivate both roses and thorns to appreciate beauty."
Nature
"The mind that remains rigid breaks, but the mind that bends grows stronger."
Change
"Fortune favors those who prepare the ground before the storm arrives."
Success
"A true friend is a mirror in which you see your best self reflected."
Friendship
"The greatest art is not what hangs on walls, but what lives in hearts."
Art
"Time is the canvas upon which we paint our legacy."
Time
"In silence, we hear the whispers of our truest self."
Solitude
"The price of power is eternal vigilance and measured mercy."
Power
"Knowledge without application is merely beautiful dust."
Education
"Those who fear change fear the very essence of growth."
Fear
"A just ruler plants trees under which he will never sit."
Justice
"The heart that loves deeply lives longest in memory."
Love
"Adversity reveals what prosperity conceals."
Strength
"The scholar who reads without thinking merely deceives himself."
"Beauty fades, but character endures through centuries."
Beauty
"In every loss, opportunity disguises itself patiently."