Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.

Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.

We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own.