"For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

Leonardo da Vinci
Italian painter, sculptor & architect

"Life is a traveling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken."

D.H. Lawrence
British Writer (1885-1930)

"It is not about constantly traveling to new countries, but to see the world with different eyes."

Marc Aurel
Roman Emporer (121-180)

"You have to know the facts before you can twist them."

Mark Twain
Amercian Writer (1835-1910)

"You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it's important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages."

Michelle Obama
Former US-American First Lady (2009-2017)

"Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think."

George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist, politician, satirist, music critic and pacifist

"The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am. The ball doesn't know if I'm a man or a woman or if I come from a communist country or not. Sport has always broken down these barriers."

Martina Navratilova
Tennis Player

"If we do not make mistakes, that means we're not trying enough new things."

Philip Knight
Founder of Nike

"You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere."

George P. Shultz
Politician and former US Labor Minister / Foreign Minister

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."

John Augustus Shedd
Writer

"The truly free person is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without having to give an excuse."

Jules Renard
french writer

"Not all those who wander are lost."

J.R.R. Tolkien
British writer and philologist (1892-1973)

"People are more willing to make sacrifices when they see that everyone else is doing it, this is human nature."

Henry Ford
Founder Ford Motor Company (1863-1947)

"There are already all good intentions, we just need to apply them."

Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist and writer (1623-1662)