Hannibal Barca·-218 ADWe will either find a way through these mountains, or we will make a way through them. No barrier of nature shall stop us.
Karl Popper·1959·London, EnglandBold ideas, unjustified anticipations, and speculative thought, are our only means for interpreting nature: our only organon, our only instrument, for grasping her.
Henry Ford·1928Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.
Wernher von Braun·1972·Huntsville, Alabama, USAI have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.
Luigi Cornaro·1558I found that a strict and regular life is the true way to conquer nature, and that the proverb which says that nature is so powerful is in part false.
Seneca·63 AD·RomeIt is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
Thomas Edison·1903Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Confucius·490 BC·State of ChenOur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Michel de Montaigne·1580Things are not so painful and difficult of themselves, but our weakness or cowardice makes them so.
Buckminster Fuller·1983You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.