Inspirational Sayings

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.

Ah, it seemed to me impossible to leave the world until I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce.

I have not a syllable to say against the Emperor, but I find it impossible to compose for him.

I have worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did will achieve the same results.

I believe in the power of beauty to uplift the human spirit.

He said that he did not believe in ancient masters, nor in any other master, but only in nature.

I hope that my death will make the people happy.

I have been often reproached with a passion for fame.

I should believe that they would easily be made Christians, because they have no religion.

The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.

The Cape of Good Hope is a truly formidable place.

I had the ambition to not only go farther than any man had been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.

I shall endeavor still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind.