If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.
Gilbert K. ChestertonStart with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Franz KafkaEvery man I meet is in some way my superior.
Ralph Waldo EmersonHumans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.
J. K. RowlingLive to learn, and you will really learn to live.
John C. MaxwellAny man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
J. Robert OppenheimerAll of my favorite people – people I really trust – none of them were cool in their younger years.
Taylor SwiftAdvance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.
Khalil GibranYou drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.
Paulo CoelhoFirst they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Mahatma GandhiEvery setback means you’re one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.
Joel OsteenLive your life, do your work, then take your hat.
Henry David ThoreauWe don’t mature momentarily, but over the long-term.
John C. MaxwellI was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That’s still what I am doing. The end.
Steven WrightIt is easier to stay out than get out.
Mark TwainAny action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it’s no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.
Eckhart TolleIf the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia.
Margaret AtwoodIf everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.
Beyonce KnowlesAs you get older, you’re not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn’t running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.
Clint EastwoodYour decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
Brian TracyDon’t let yesterday use up too much of today.
Will RogersDon’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.I hate the past – especially my own past.
Karl LagerfeldI do sometimes look back at things I’ve written in the past, and think, ‚I just don’t remember being the person who wrote that.‘
Brian EnoThe worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don’t let it get the best of you.
Will RogersMy life turned out to be beyond my greatest dreams.
Anthony HopkinsEvery morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.
Ray BradburyIf you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
Wayne DyerTo change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
William JamesI like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today.
Dwayne JohnsonI may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.
Joyce MeyerBlessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.
Friedrich NietzscheBegin to be now what you will be hereafter.
William JamesAs long as you live, keep learning how to live.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaYou stay teachable most by reading books. By reading what other people went through.
Jim MattisAs you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Audrey HepburnRemember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Maya AngelouDo the best you can, and don’t take life too serious.
Will RogersWe are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
Charles Bukowski