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“Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.”
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.”
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.”
“We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren't going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build.”
“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
“What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?”
“Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.”
“Think of yourself as dead. you have lived your life. Now, take what's left, and live it properly.”
“You must conceive it in your heart and mind before you can receive it. If you believe then all things are possible.”
“Most of us live our lives by accident - we live as it happens. Fulfilment comes when we live our lives on purpose.”
“To be, or not to be: that is the question.”
“Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.”
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
“Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.”
“If youth knew; if age could.”
“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”
“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
“It is impossible to love and to be wise.”
“A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war.”
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
“Progress is not possible without mortgage on our future; to purchase an education we have to pawn our tomorrow.”
“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
“The truth is not for all men, but for those who seek it.”
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