Inspiration Quote by Leonardo da Vinci — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Our life is made by the death of others.”

“Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose”

“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind.”

“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.”

“Quando ouvimos os sinos, ouvimos aquilo que já trazemos em nós mesmos como modelo. Sou da opinião que não se deverá desprezar aquele que olhar atentamente para as manchas da parede, para os carvões sobre a grelha, para as nuvens, ou para a correnteza da água, descobrindo, assim, coisas maravilhosas. O génio do pintor há-de se apossar de todas essas coisas para criar composições diversas: luta de homens e de animais, paisagens, monstros, demónios e outras coisas fantásticas. Tudo, enfim, servirá para engrandecer o artista.”

“He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”

“One that desires to excel should endeavour in those things that are in themselves most excellent.”

“Minds are like parachutes. They only function when open.”

“Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees.”

“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little do what you can.”

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”

“I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.”