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Imagination rules the world.
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.
Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes.
Men of genius are meteors, intended to burn to light their century.
Adversity is the midwife of genius.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake, but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

Napoleon on Genius