All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.

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"as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything."

- Nikola Tesla

Inspiration

"Our virtues and our failures are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more."

- Nikola Tesla

Adversity

"I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one."

- Nikola Tesla

Success

"Be alone, that is the secret of invention; Be alone—that is when ideas are born."

- Nikola Tesla

Creativity

"Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born."

- Nikola Tesla

Creativity

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

Resilience

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

Resilience

"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

Resilience

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

Resilience

"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

Resilience