Destiny and Overcoming

We should not desire the impossible.

When that which loves is united to the thing beloved it can rest there; when the burden is laid down it finds rest there. There will be eternal fame also for the inhabitants of that town, constructed and enlarged by him.

It is the infinite alone that cannot be attained, for if it could it would become finite.

I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly.

When Fortune comes, seize her in front with a sure hand, because behind she is bald.

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

He turns not back who is bound to a star.

Every obstacle is destroyed through rigor.

Fix your course on a star and you’ll navigate any storm.