If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way; if you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.

I couldn’t wait for success....so I went ahead without it.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Courage is the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear.

Persistence. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derel

Vision without action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.

Destiny is as destiny does. If you believe you have no control, then you have no control.

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out - it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.

Life is a leap into the unknown. If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes... but that would be a mistake.

Experience is that marvellous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

It’s not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it’s because we do not dare that they are difficult.

It’s easy to be brave from a safe distance.