“I ... have two vocations: chess and engineering. If I played chess only, I believe that my success would not have been significantly greater. I can play chess well only when I have fully convalesced from chess and when the 'hunger for chess' once more awakens within me.” IfsBelieveWellsHas BeensI CanTwoPlaySuccessI BelieveGreaterHungerChessEngineeringVocation Author:Mikhail Botvinnik
“You have to accustom yourself to practical study at home, you have to devote time to studies, to the history of chess, the development of chess theory, of chess culture.” HomeSuccessCultureStudyDevelopmentChessPracticals Author:Mikhail Botvinnik
“A win gives one a feeling of self-affirmation, and success - a feeling of self-expression, but only a sensible harmonization between these urges can bring really great achievements in chess.” GivingSelfFeelingsSuccessWinningExpressionAchievementChessUrgesSensibleAffirmationReally GreatSelf ExpressionGreat AchievementSelf Affirmation Author:Oleg Romanishin
“The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.” SuccessAbilityPlayerBattleChessTensionPrincipalAttainment Author:Savielly Tartakower
“I feel that everyone is good. In this way I give every game my best effort. The moment that you let up is the time that you can be hit by the sucker punch.” WayGivingFeelsMomentsSuccessGamesEffortChessSuckerBest EffortSucker Punch Author:Walter Browne
“Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself up into slavery. Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.” GivingPersonsSuccessGamesDifficultSeriousDemandResearchReflectionSlaveryBottomChessHeartedZealousFaint Hearted Author:Wilhelm Steinitz
“A championship contender in the early twentieth century needed charisma and a knack for cultivating sponsorship, and Rubinstein was the epitome of the shy and unsocial chess player. Now matter how great his chess skills, he lacked the people skills to be a self-promoter and fund-raiser.” PeopleSelfMatterSuccessPlayerCenturyNeededSkillsChessShyFundChampionshipTwentieth CenturyCharismaCultivatingKnackChess PlayersEpitomePromotersPeople SkillsSponsorship Author:Garry Kasparov
“Few things have more impact than nutrition on a child's ability to survive, learn effectively and escape a life of poverty.” ChildrenAbilityPovertyImpactHungerNutrition Author:Ann Veneman
“The world is split between those who do not sleep because they are hungry and those who do not sleep because they are afraid of those who are hungry.” WorldSleepHungerHungrySplits Author:Paulo Freire
“Hunger never saw bad bread.” SawsFoodHungerBreadPoor Richard Book:Poor Richard's Almanack Source: Poor Richard's Almanack