Never let the fear of striking get in your way.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

No garden is without its weeds.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. The proceed to improve on the worst.

Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path.

When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

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.

If things seem under control, you are just not going fast enough.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.

In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

Two of the hardest tests in life: The patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter.

You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Far better it is to dare might things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they in the gray twilight that knows nor victory nor defeat.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

Some people live as though they are already dead. There are people moving around us who are consumed by their past, terrified of their future, and stuck in their anger and jealousy. They are not alive; they are just walking corpses.

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.

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

Creativity is often blocked to trying to be perfect. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

I could not understand how any man could be so brutalized as to claim the right to dispose of the lives of others, nor how any man could be so lacking in self-esteem as to grant to others the right to dispose of his life.

You don't have to be big or well known to be great.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

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

Limitations are merely opportunities to grow. I use them as stepping stones to success.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

Before a man can accomplish anything of an enduring nature in the world, he must first of all acquire some measure of success in the management of his own mind.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

The planet does not need more “successful people.” The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.