Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

Leonardo da Vinci · The Notebooks, I, 2

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

Leonardo da Vinci · The Notebooks, I, 1

Mechanics is the paradise of the mathematical sciences because by means of it one comes to the fruits of mathematics.

Leonardo da Vinci · The Notebooks, I, 20

He turns not back who is bound to a star.

Leonardo da Vinci · From the notebooks.

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Decay is inherent in all component things! Work out your salvation with diligence.

Gautama Buddha · The Buddha’s last words, Mahaparinibbana-sutta 6:10

Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.

Theodore Roosevelt · In his autobiography Roosevelt credits the line to Squire Bill Widener of Widener's Valley, Virginia; it is usually quoted as "with what you have".

Let us do our utmost—all that is in us—for the good of all.

Winston Churchill · City Square, Amsterdam, 9 May 1948

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“Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.”

“Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.”

“Mechanics is the paradise of the mathematical sciences because by means of it one comes to the fruits of mathematics.”

“He turns not back who is bound to a star.”

“Decay is inherent in all component things! Work out your salvation with diligence.”

“Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.”

“Let us do our utmost—all that is in us—for the good of all.”