Quotes – Orison Swett Marden

“The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.” – Orison Swett Marden

Famous Quotes – Fame and Future Days

But fame is theirs – and future days On pillar’d brass shall tell their praise; Shall tell – when cold neglect is dead – “These for their country fought and bled.” – Philip Freneau

Famous Quotes – Mark Twain – Patriot

In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. – Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935

Famous Quotes – Alternatives – Henry Kissinger

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. – Henry Kissinger