Americans chose a free enterprise system designed to provide a quality of opportunity not compel a quality of results. And that is why this is only place in the world where you can open up a business in the spare bedroom of your home.
Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation hard work and learning from failure.
When we have done our best we should wait the result in peace.
Progress however of the best kind is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk step by step.
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
Mathematics are the result of mysterious powers which no one understands and which the unconscious recognition of beauty must play an important part. Out of an infinity of designs a mathematician chooses one pattern for beauty's sake and pulls it down to earth.
Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to the end - therefore it has a poignancy. Beauty that is singular always comes from following an experience to the point where you can go no further.
Today I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.
Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act look feel successful conduct yourself accordingly and you will be amazed at the positive results.
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
Art cannot result from sophisticated frivolous or superficial effects.
A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind.
Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.
Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.
Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger of having gone through an experience all the way to the end where no one can go any further.
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.
Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences and adorned with much and varied learning by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts.
It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?
Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.
It's amazing... to enjoy the results of your labor.