Charles Yu > Charles's Quotes

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
― Carl Gustav Jung

“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants