It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. —Leonardo da Vinci
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”

Leonardo da Vinci ARTIST, INVENTOR, SCIENTIST

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Nancy from Brooklyn,Ny JULY 27, 2016
Inspiring action.

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