You cannot fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent or hinder or control. The firm resolve of a determined soul. Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great; All things give way before it, soon or late.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible. Then they seem improbable. And then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future, too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to speak.

A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible:the fear of failure.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

To establish true self-esteem, we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

The higher you soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

For what it’s worth: It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

Change, But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.

How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave.

Do the difficult things while they are easy, and do the great things while they are small.

Unsuccessful people make decisions based on current situations. Successful people make decisions based on where they want to be.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

Now if I carry out this oath, and break it not, may I gain forever reputation among all men for my life and for my art; but if I transgress it and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me.

This is the law: The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.

A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.

What we do now echoes in eternity.

No house should ever be on any hill or on anything. It should be of the hill, belonging to it, so hill and house could live together each the happier for the other.

The heart's earnest and pure desire is always fulfilled.

There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he as imagined, he will meet with success unexpectedly in common hours.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting and achieving goals.