If I have a thousandideas and only one turns out to begood, I am satisfied.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October1833 –10 December1896) was aSwedishchemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, andphilanthropist. He is best known for having bequeathed his fortune to establish theNobel Prize, though he also made several important contributions to science, holding 355patents in his lifetime. Nobel's most famous invention wasdynamite, a safer and easier means of harnessing the explosive power ofnitroglycerin; it was patented in 1867 and was soon used worldwide for mining and infrastructure development.
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I would not leave anything to a man of action as he would be tempted to give up work; on the other hand, I would like to help dreamers as they find it difficult to get on in life.
If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.
As quoted inThe 12 best Questions To Ask Customers (2001), by Jim Meisenheimer, p. 26.
My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace.
As quoted inThe Military Quotation Book (2002) by James Charlton, p. 114.
A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.
Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.
Contentment is the only real wealth
We build upon the sand, and the older we become, the more unstable this foundation becomes.
The truthful man is usually a liar.
Justice is to be found only in the imagination.
It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.
Worry is the stomach's worst poison.
The best excuse for the fallen ones is that Madame Justice herself is one of them.
Self-respect without the respect of others is like ajewel which will not stand the daylight.
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.
1 Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.2. Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked.3. I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.4. For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.5. A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.6. Contentment is the only real wealth.
