
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.Epictetus
Anton Chekhov was a Russian playwright and master of the short story, a practising doctor who wrote The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya and hundreds of stories. His restrained, humane art reshaped both the theatre and short fiction of the 20th century.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.Epictetus

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.George Bernard Shaw

Work is love made visible.Kahlil Gibran

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions: Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.Chanakya

For Europe, for ourselves, and for humanity, comrades, we must turn over a new leaf, we must work out new concepts, and try to set afoot a new man.Frantz Fanon

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.Anne Frank

Nothing will work unless you do.Maya Angelou

Well done is better than well said.Benjamin Franklin