Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way. – Baltasar Gracian
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. – Baltasar Gracian
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. – Baltasar Gracian
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art. – Baltasar Gracian
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at Gods great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face,
tho they come from the ends of the earth! – Rudyard Kipling