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“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”

“True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.”

“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”

“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”

“I will appoint captains to rule my cities, for it is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.”

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”

“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”

“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.”

“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”

“I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.”