"The point of life is not just to survive something, but to thrive, be happy." - Meghan Markle

“Do not consider painful what is good for you.” – Euripides  [480 - 406 BCE]

“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people ...

Sir Angus Deaton , Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 2015, gives his answer here .

“I improve on misquotation.” – Cary Grant

"I've turned my mental illness into a business model." - Stephen Colbert

“The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail. Mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.” – Sallust  [8...

“I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.” – Sir Te...

“When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.” – Steffi Graf

"I grew up in a musical family. When my father was declining, I took over the piano. I stored it all, which prepared me for the Be...

"Ever since I was a little boy, I've been in "survival mode." - Ted Turner

“If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.” – John Cleese

"It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do." - Jane Austen

“It is better to be alone than in bad company.” - George Washington

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Before making it big, Walt Disney was fired for not being creative enough. Jerry Seinfeld and Thomas Edison were also fired in their ...

Source: CIA Factbook

“Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.” – Fran Lebowitz

“True happiness is… to enjoy the present without anxious dependence on the future.” - Seneca [c. 4 BCE – AD 65]

“The future is uncertain, but this uncertainty is at the very heart of human creativity.” – Ilya Prigogine

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

Monet studied landscapes; Renoir studied people.

"You're technically illiterate unless you've read at least a couple of hundred books." - General James "Mad Dog...

“Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche [18...

"Rome can only succeed with the gods on its side."

"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child." - Cicero [106 BC – 7 December 43 BCE]

“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” – Bill Gates