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“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
Carl R. Rogers (1902–1987) American psychologist
Source: On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
Max Planck (1858–1947) German theoretical physicist
“Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.”
Erwin Rommel (1891–1944) German field marshal of World War II
This is cited to to Rommel's Infanterie Greift An [Infantry Attacks] (1937) in World War II : The Definitive Visual History (2009) by Richard Holmes, p. 128, and Timelines of History (2011) by DK Publishing, p. 392, but to George S. Patton, in Patton's Principles : A Handbook for Managers Who Mean It! (1982) by Porter B. Williamson as well as Leadership (1990) by William Safire and Leonard Safir, p. 47
Disputed
Source: Rommel: In His Own Words
“It's easier to build strong children then repair broken men.”
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman
Variant: It is easier to build strong men, than to repair broken ones.
Source: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
“Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”
Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress
“You must worship the Self in Krishna, not Krishna as Krishna.”
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher
“Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.”
Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976) German theoretical physicist
Source: Across the Frontiers
Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) American politician, 28th president of the United States (in office from 1913 to 1921)
As quoted in The Wilson Era; Years of War and After, 1917–1923 (1946) by Josephus Daniels, p. 624. Referenced in "Bartleby.com" http://www.bartleby.com/73/1288.html <br class="br">1920s and later
“I have not told half of what I saw.”
Marco Polo (1254–1324) Venetian explorer and merchant noted for travel to central and eastern Asia
Non ho scritto neppure la metà delle cose che ho visto.
On his death-bed, when urged to retract "some of the seemingly incredible statements he made in his book", as quoted in The travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian (J. M. Dent, 1926), p. xxiv. Quote in Italian from Imago mundi seu Chronica (c. 1330) by Jacopo d'Acqui, as reported in the bibliographic note to Marco Polo: Storia del mercante che capì la Cina (2009) by Vito Bianchi.