Destony Quotes

I do not believe that civilization

will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb.

Perhaps two thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.

My own view is that

every company requires a long term view.

Pure mathematics is,

in its way,

the poetry of logical ideas.

The more a thing tends to be permanent,

the more it tends to be lifeless.

Knowing is not enough;

we must apply.

Willing is not enough;

we must do.

I'm convinced that about half of

what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non

successful ones is pure perseverance.

For me,

there are two types of people:

the young and the experienced.

Every day is a chance to rewrite your story.

Books were my pass to personal freedom.

I learned to read at age three,

and soon discovered there was a whole world,

to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery,

it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.

Be happy,

but never satisfied.

When I do good I feel good,

when I do bad I feel bad,

and that's my religion.

In math,

you're either right or you're wrong.

The possession of knowledge does not kill

the sense of wonder and mystery.

There is always more mystery.

Character,

not circumstances,

makes the man.

You're only a man,

so don't be so proud.

One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is

to invent your way out.

Surely God would not have created such a being as man,

with an ability to grasp the infinite,

to exist only for a day!

No,

no,

man was made for immortality.

To succeed in your mission,

you must have single

minded devotion to your goal.