Motivational Quote by Leo Tolstoy — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“All his life the example of a syllogism he had studied in Kiesewetter's logic - "Caius is a man, men are mortal, therefore Caius is mortal" - had seemed to him to be true only in relation to Caius the man, man in general, and it was quite justified , but he wasn't Caius and he wasn't man in general, and he had always been something quite, quite special apart from all other beings; he was Vanya, with Mama, with Papa, with Mitya and Volodya, with his toys and the coachman, with Nyanya, then with Katenka, with all the joys, sorrows, passions of childhood, boyhood, youth. Did Caius know the smell of the striped leather ball Vanya loved so much?: Did Caius kiss his mother's hand like that and did the silken folds of Caius's mother's dress rustle like that for him? Was Caius in love like that? Could Caius chair a session like that? And Caius is indeed mortal and it's right that he should die, but for me, Vanya, Ivan Ilych, with all my feelings and thoughts - for me it's quite different. And it cannot be that I should die. It would be too horrible.”

“At the time we were all convinced that we had to speak, write,and publish as quickly as possible and as much as possible and that this was necessary for the good of mankind. Thousands of us published and wrote in an effort to teach others, all the while disclaiming and abusing one another. Without taking note of the fact that we knew nothing, that we did not know the answer to the simplest question of life, the question of what is right and what is wrong, we all went on talking without listening to one another.”

“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.”

“A little muzhik was working on the railroad, mumbling in his beard.”

“My pen fights for justice.”

“If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got.”

“North Carolina has a monument to [Peter Francisco], and no one knows that. That's the kind of stuff that drives me.”

“Trust the quiet truth of your heart, not the noise of the crowd.”

“العُظماء هم الذين انتصروا على أنفسهم قبل أن ينتصروا على الآخرين”

“Success is not just about hard work, it's about working smart. So, take a break from the grind and strategize like a pro.”