The day shall not be up so soon as I, to try the fair adventure of tomorrow.

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

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

There is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.

I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

It is none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand.

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively.

There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn.

Old age is no place for sissies.

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

Either you run the day, or the day runs you.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.

Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.

An hour of planning can say you 10 hours of doing.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

I have arrived. I am home in the here, in the now. I am solid. I am free. In the ultimate I dwell.