Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise…

The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is the reward…

— Polybius

“Cultivate a culture of fast learning and wise thinking. The more you learn, the more you think wisely, and the more you think wisely,…

— Gift Gugu Mona

Too indolent to bear the toil of writing; I mean of writing well; I say nothing about quantity. [Lat., Piger scribendi ferre laborem; Scribendi…

— Horace

“Of writing well, be sure, the secret lies In wisdom :therefore study to be wise.”

— Horace

The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.

— Ayn Rand

For God is good — or rather, of all goodness He is Fountainhead, and it is impossible for one who is good to be…

— Athanasius of Alexandria

I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person I write…

— Neil Peart

Show me your achievement, and the knowledge will give me courage for mine.

— Ayn Rand

Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts, Thou fount of life, thou Light of men, From the best bliss that earth imparts We turn unfilled…

— Bernard of Clairvaux

To say I love you one must know first how to say the I. Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

— Ayn Rand

Money is therefore not only the object but also the fountainhead of greed.

— Karl Marx

“He spent several days deciding on the artifacts. Much longer than he had spent deciding to kill himself, and approximately the same time required…

— Philip K. Dick

Peter Keating: "Do you always have to have a purpose? Do you always have to be so damn serious? Can't you ever do things…

— Ayn Rand

Criticism is the fountainhead of control.

— Susan Forward

“We tend to get what we expect, and if we expect nothing we get nothing. The stream cannot rise higher than its fountainhead;”

— Orison Swett Marden