9 quotes found
“First character, then ability.”
“Children learn to smile from their parents.”
“I played with children so that I could learn from them.”
“Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart.”
“Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.”
“If I simply do my best, I cannot complain even if I am taken to hell.”
“As I have said before, I had no illusions about my performing ability. But I did not know that my despair was brought about not because I had no talent but because I did not know how to develop it.”
“What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.”
“To deceive oneself is worse than to deceive others." These harsh words pierced me to the core.”