716 quotes found
“For what is more lovable than failure?”
“When one dream dies we replace it with another.”
“The greatness of the enterprise does not always ensure success, but at least ensures glory.”
“Relax your fears, let your ambition take the wheel for a while; it'll take you somewhere exciting that you've never been.”
“If you scared, say you scared, and if not then push yourself off of that wall and step into the darkness. That's where success is, get up out of that comfort zone, you'll be surprised what you can ...”
“The successes and failures of yesterday are gone, today is a new day.”
“Predictions of failure have never stopped those whose ambitions are driven by their unwavering vision.”
“Failure is the ultimate motivator, the supreme teacher, and the definitive guarantee of life. Failure is what makes success so addictive.”
“A warm sunny evening, the plash and gurgle of the waves in the rock pools, the rush of the cold gin. I thought for the first time of my novel, abandoned, all these years, and I came up, unprompted,...”
“Excuses are merely nails used to build a house of failure.”
“From my boyhood I have had an intense and overwhelming conviction that my real vocation lay in the direction of literature. I have, however, had a most unaccountable difficulty in getting any respo...”
“To wish a healthy man to die is the wish from a mind of sickness. To wish an ailing man to die is the wish of the ambitious.”
“Every man has his secret desire, I suppose, and mine is someday to own a farm.”
“She was asked, What do you see in him?Taken aback, she replied, What does he see in me?Others too wondered why she chose him not as handsome as the others, not one with a lot of possessions or eve...”
“Life has a time limit. And we are changing all the time. So are our ambitions, desires, and purposes . . . The important thing is to find something that never changes in you.”
“I tried to abandon my tenacity, but I just couldn't let it go.”
“Maura looks stunned, as though she's been slapped. "What about me? Don't you trust me?" She gives a hysterical little laugh. Tears are gathering in her blue eyes. "Let me guess: you think I'm reckl...”
“How vast those Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations, and all our Wars are transacted, is when compared to them. A very...”
“Keep reading, Keep learning.”
“Why play small? Let your greatness be evident to all.”
