Talent does what it can; genius does what it must. (Edward George Bulwer-Lytton)

If you are going through hell, keep going. (Sir Winston Churchill)

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. (James Branch Cabell)

I begin by taking.I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right. (Frederick (II) the Great)

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed.Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as beingself-evident. (Arthur Schopenhauer)