“The first step of knowing yourself is being fearless to make mistakes.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
Heath's book of Beauty, 1833 (1832)
“The first step of knowing yourself is being fearless to make mistakes.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author
“The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.”
Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989) American political and social activist
Source: Revolution for the Hell of It (1968), p. 188.
“I am Luis Pie and I am here to make my own path. To fight in my own way.”
Luisito Pié (1994) Dominican taekwondo athlete
After winning the Central American and Caribbean Games gold medal after disputing the national team position http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2014/11/17/luis-pie-logra-oro-taekwondo-tiro-plato-tambien-brillo with the Olympic and regional multi medalist Gabriel Mercedes. (17 November 2014)
Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf (1700–1760) German bishop and saint
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 80.
Jessica Alba (1981) American model, free-diver and businesswoman; TV and film actress
On being driven even at an early age in “Jessica Alba on Being Brave, Dealing With Self-Doubt and Overcoming Major Breakdowns” https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/315948 in Entrepreneur (2018 Jun 29)
“Each religion has got their own way of making you feel like a victim.”
Timothy Leary (1920–1996) American psychologist
Timothy Leary's Last Trip (1997)
Context: Each religion has got their own way of making you feel like a victim. The Christians say "you are a sinner", and you better just zip up your trousers and give the money to the pope and we'll give you a room up in the hotel in the sky.
Benvenuto Cellini (1500–1571) Florentine sculptor and goldsmith
Dissi, a quelle parole, che gli uomini che volevan fare a lor modo, bisognava che si facessino un mondo a lor modo, perché in questo non si usava cosí.
Autobiography, vol. 1, ch. 79 (1558-66); translation from Benvenuto Cellini (trans. Julia Conaway Bondanella and Peter Bondanella) My Life (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002) p. 132.
Melina Marchetta (1965) Australian teen writer
Source: Saving Francesca
Tracey Emin (1963) English artist, one of the group known as Britartists or Young British Artists
The Independent on Sunday http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article350884.ece 2005-03-12. Accessed 2006-03-19. <br class="br">On artist Damien Hirst.