“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.”
– Colin Powell

The fact is that in order to do any thing in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.
–Sydney Smith

“We become what we think about all day long.”  –Ralph Waldo Emerson

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch. –Jim Rohn

The road to success is not a path you find but a trail you blaze –Robert Brault

I’m a big believer in growth. Life is not about achievement, it’s about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and joy, and so forth. And so if that is the case, then I think our goals should include something which stretches us. –Jack Canfield

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. –Mark Twain

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t. –Henry Ward Beecher

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.
–William Shakespeare

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.  –Winston Churchill