If only the best birds sang, the forest would be far too quiet.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
The pen might not be mightier than the sword, but maybe the printing press was heavier than the siege weapon.