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Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
― Yaşar Kemal
Inspirational
Change
Attitude
Anything
Cannot
This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
― Yaşar Kemal
Selfish
Long
True Joy
Recognized
Generations
Feverish
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
― Yaşar Kemal
Ignorance
Knowledge
Hunting
Dangerous
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
― Yaşar Kemal
Funny
Motivational
Humorous
Parachute
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
― Yaşar Kemal
Inspirational
Life
Motivational
Yourself
The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.
― Yaşar Kemal
Used
Planets
Lunatic Asylums
Asylums
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
― Yaşar Kemal
Inspirational
Perseverance
Business
Interrupt
Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone.
― Yaşar Kemal
Sad
Encouragement
Writing
Write
Good
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
― Yaşar Kemal
Life
Motivational
Positive
Playing
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
― Yaşar Kemal
Life
Motivational
Change
Unreasonable
Man
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
― Yaşar Kemal
Inspirational
Life
Motivational
Honorable
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
― Yaşar Kemal
Inspirational
Funny
Witty
Paul
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
― Yaşar Kemal
Teacher
Teaching
Desire
Learn
Don't lose faith. Promise yourself that you will be a success story, and I promise you that all the forces of the universe will unite to come to your aid; you might not feel today or for a while, but the longer you wait the bigger the prize.
― Yaşar Kemal
Waiting
Bully
Promise
Success
War does not decide who is right but who is left.
― Yaşar Kemal
War
Doe
Morality
Left
The person I miss most is the one I could have been.
― Yaşar Kemal
Could Have Been
Missing
Persons
Person
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
― Yaşar Kemal
Relationship
Sarcastic
Funny Inspirational
Communication
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
― Yaşar Kemal
Dirty
Fighting
Naughty
Likes
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
― Yaşar Kemal
Life
Wisdom
Philosophical
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
― Yaşar Kemal
Inspirational
Success
Time
Making
Mistakes
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