Expats

Wisdom To Live By

ON PROBLEM SOLVING

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
---Rene Descartes (philosopher)

ON CREATIVITY

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
--- Emile Zola (writer)

There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun!
--- Pablo Picasso (artist)

ON GOALS

I’ve learned that the resources we need to turn our dreams into reality are within us, merely waiting for the day when we decide to wake up and claim our birthright.
--- Tony Robbins (motivator)

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and advise them to do it.
--- Harry Truman (President)

ON LEARNING

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astounded at how much he had learned in seven years.
---Mark Twain (writer)