Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep read more

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.

If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator read more

If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator rather than catering to it.

When one door closes, another opens: but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that read more

When one door closes, another opens: but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has
opened for us.

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers
you.

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers
you.

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.

It is overdoing the thing to die for love.

It is overdoing the thing to die for love.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should
be-because sooner or later, if you're read more

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should
be-because sooner or later, if you're posing, you will forget the pose and
then where are you?.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a
tragedy.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a
tragedy.

It's not enough that I should succeed -- others should fail.

It's not enough that I should succeed -- others should fail.