Baltasar Gracián y Morales, S.J. (Spanish: [baltaˈsaɾ ɣɾaˈθjan]; 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658), better known as Baltasar Gracián, was a Spanish Jesuit and Baroque prose writer and philosopher. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud (Aragón). His writings were lauded by Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.
All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.
Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.