“Nothing great has great beginnings.”
“But what is great can only begin great.”
“A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination”
“Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!”
“There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment in history or nothing happens.”
“Art begins with resistance—at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.”