Niceforo Palencia Quotes & Sayings

It was thus rather the exacting nature of my aspirations than any particular degradation in my faults, that made me what I was, and, with even a deeper trench than in the majority of men, severed in me those provinces of good and ill which divide and compound man's dual nature. — Robert Louis Stevenson

In many ways, life is about managing your delusions; keeping the ones that nourish and eliminating the ones that poison. — Steve Maraboli

I've seen the video played over and over, and it replays in my head constantly. To be able to walk in his exact footsteps is an extremely huge honor, and I did this for him as much as I did it for my family to get some closure too. — Nik Wallenda

In the year 1866, I discovered the Christ Science or divine laws of Life, Truth, and Love, and named my discovery Christian Science — Mary Baker Eddy

I think if you try to look for something to show off as an actor, vanity can get the better of you. — Steve Coogan

When I was younger, I'd get very empirical with myself. "I have a hypothesis about myself. I'll put myself in a situation, see what happens, then I'll draw a conclusion based on the empirical evidence. Hypothesis: I can play basketball." So I'd try. "Conclusion: I cannot play basketball." — Demetri Martin

A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name — Arthur Schopenhauer

Before one is successful that is before any one is ready to pay money for anything you do then you are certain that every word you have written is an important word to have written and that any word you have written is as important as any other word and you keep everything you have written with great care. — Gertrude Stein