“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.”
"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
"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