Nikolai Gogol

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."

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

"Whatever is noble and great in men proceeds from work."

"Beauty is the promise of happiness."

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."

"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."

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

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

"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

"War is the continuation of politics by other means."

"Nature never wears the same expression twice."

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

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

"Technology is best when it brings people together."

"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."

"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do."

"Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn."

"The greatest adventure is what lies ahead."

"There is nothing permanent except change."

"To know oneself is true progress."

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

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

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time."

"A man's character is his fate."

"The greatest wealth is health."

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

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