Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Imagination is more important than knowledge...
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
I wrote somewhere once that the third-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the majority, the second-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the minority, and the first-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking.
"I'm not going to do just nothing anymore.""Well, not so much. They don't let you."
I have always considered the price of perfection prohibitive and allowed mistakes as a part of the learning process. I prefer a dash of daring and persistence to perfection. I have always supported learning on the part of my team members by paying vigilant attention to each of their attempts, be they successful or unsuccessful.