Zayid Salaam Quotes

#1. Millions of people, in all walks of life and in every endeavor, create distractions and excuses for themselves by focusing on tools rather than on character. They'd rather, as Socrates warned, focus on what they have than on what they are.

Eric Greitens

#2. To me, as a lover of Nature, the waving of a tree conveys thoughts which are never conveyed to me except by seeing a tree wave.

Stephen Leacock

#3. C++ is the best example of second-system effect since OS/360.

Henry Spencer

#4. A too explicit elucidation in education destroys much of the pleasure of learning. There should be room for sly hinters, masters of suggestion.

Theodore Roethke

#5. No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

W. Clement Stone

#6. Dance to music in your soul.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#7. Of course I was always mad about the ballet russe, mad about it!

Diana Vreeland

#8. I think if you are a musician, and artist, you have to have a certain courage. Repeating yourself or photocopying other's art... it's cowardice. If you actually risk your career to do something new, even if it's in a very small way, then it's art.

Thomas Gabriel Fischer

#9. I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small.

Georg Brandes

#10. What you fight weakens you; what you cooperate with strengthens you.

Wayne W. Dyer