“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain
“Every job is a self portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.” ~ Unknown
“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.” ~ Napoleon Hill
“Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.” ~ Alfred A. Montapert
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” ~ Mother Teresa
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” ~ Helen Keller
“Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.” ~ Walter Russell
“We cannot truly face life until we face the fact that it will be taken away from us.” ~ Billy Graham
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” ~ Robert F. Kennedy
“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh
“Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.” ~ B. C. Forbes
“Failure is a prerequisite for great success. If you want to succeed faster, double your rate of failure.” ~ Brian Tracy
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” ~ Napoleon Hill
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” ~ Samuel Beckett
“The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run ever faster if encouraged.” ~ Publius Ovidius
“There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.” ~ Joe DiMaggio
“Ambition is enthusiasm with a purpose.” ~ Frank Tyger
“A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
“A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.” ~ Ayn Rand