Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.
There's nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.