“I have never opened the game with my queen's pawn.”
“One bad move nullifies forty good ones”
“In chess, one cannot control everything.”
“You don't want to be the first to act, you want to be the last man standing”
“Adversity is an opportunity for growth and resilience. Embrace it, and you will emerge stronger.”
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people”
“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude”
“When life puts you in touchy situations, don’t say “Why Me?” Just say “Try Me.””
“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery”
“The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.”
“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter”
“You've got enemies? Good. That means you actually stood up for something in your life.”
“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”