Below are some of my favorite quotes from philosophers, poets/authors, and historical figures:
A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.
- Winston Churchill
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
- Thomas Jefferson
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Soren Kierkegaard
Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.
- Ayn Rand