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Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots.
The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.
| Diane Abbott, Politician (1953) |
| Samuel Adams, Revolutionary (1722) |
| Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher (1821) |
| Randy Bachman, Musician (1943) |
| Ed Case, Politician (1952) |
| Shaun Cassidy, Musician (1958) |
| Grazia Deledda, Writer (1871) |
| Albert Ellis, Psychologist (1913) |
| William Empson, Poet (1906) |
| Sam Ervin, Politician (1896) |
| Peter Dawson, Musician (1961) |
| Edgar Degas, Artist (1917) |
| Gerald Finzi, Composer (1956) |


