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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of us.
It is the privilege of genius that to it life never grows commonplace as to the rest of us.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent
perspiration.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent
perspiration.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
No great genius is without an admixture of madness.
No great genius is without an admixture of madness.
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent--the power to do the right thing the first time.
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent--the power to do the right thing the first time.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
