“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
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“It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.”
René Descartes (1596–1650) French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist
Variant: It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Source: Discourse on Method
“The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle.”
Alex Haley book The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“The main thing now is not to paint precociously but to be, or at least become, an individual.”
Paul Klee (1879–1940) German Swiss painter
Diary entry (3 June 1902), # 411, in The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918; University of California Press, 1968
1895 - 1902
Context: The main thing now is not to paint precociously but to be, or at least become, an individual. The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.
Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993) Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer
Source: As quoted in 1990, "Rudolf Nureyev, Charismatic Dancer Who Gave Fire to Ballet's Image, Dies at 54" in The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/07/arts/rudolf-nureyev-charismatic-dancer-who-gave-fire-to-ballet-s-image-dies-at-54.html (7 January 1993)
“Well, I just want him to grow up happy. That's the main thing.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Talking about his son, Julian Lennon, in Ticket to Ride : Inside the Beatles' 1964 Tour That Changed the World (2003) by Larry Kane http://books.google.com/books?id=5MYmhGAmfUkC&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&dq=%22well+i+just+want+him+to+grow+up+happy+that's+the+main+thing%22&source=web&ots=o-UOaUrmcr&sig=svkKFzayFfeFgYVwxKn0GsDysPU
“Self-doubt is part of being human...but the main thing is to get on with the business of survival.”
Stephen Baxter book Raft
Source: Raft (1991), Chapter 16 (p. 158)
“The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
“… we can afford many mistakes in the search. The main thing is to make as fast as possible.”
John Archibald Wheeler (1911–2008) American physicist
As quoted by Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, and Wojciech H. Zurek. "John Wheeler, relativity, and quantum information." https://authors.library.caltech.edu/15184/1/Misner2009p1638Phys_Today.pdf Physics Today 62, no. 4 (April 2009): 40–46 (quote from p. 44) [10.1063/1.3120895]
Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) French sculptor
Attributed to Rodin in H. Read (1964), as cited in: Karl H. Pfenninger, Valerie R. Shubik, Bruce Adolphe (2001). The Origins of Creativity. p. 50
1950s-1990s