
Source: Why Men Are the Way They Are (1988), p. 360.
Source: Antony and Cleopatra
Source: Why Men Are the Way They Are (1988), p. 360.
Variant: Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.
Source: The Art of Racing in the Rain
Newsreel interview (spring 1931), quoted in John Ramsden, A History of the Conservative Party: The Age of Balfour and Baldwin, 1902–1940 (1978), p. 320
1931
Source: “Humanly, left to ourselves, we are incapable of doing a divine work”: DR Congo Prelate https://www.aciafrica.org/news/871/humanly-left-to-ourselves-we-are-incapable-of-doing-a-divine-work-dr-congo-prelate (26 February 2020)
"A Talk to Western Buddhists" p. 89
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990)
Andrew Grove, " Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-07-01/andy-grove-how-america-can-create-jobs", Bloomberg News, July 1, 2010
New millennium
“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”
Source: The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself