I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land.”
“Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.”
“Don’t strive for recognition (in whatever form): recognition should not be your goal, but a symptom that your work has been worthwhile.”
“All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards their goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders—all maniacs. What else but a blind singleness of purpose could have given focus to their genius, would have kept them in the groove of their purpose? Mania, my dear Mister Bond, is as priceless as genius. Dissipation of energy, fragmentation of vision, loss of momentum, the lack of follow-through—these are the vices of the herd.”
“The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake.”
“Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make bored.”
“I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.”
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