- The only way to know our limit is to give the greatest effort we can. You will find that this effort can always be surpassed, and that the limit is rarely reached.
- The secret of my success was to surround myself with people who were better than me. (A. Carnegie)
- Many of our dreams seem impossible at first. Later they may seem unlikely, but once we commit to them firmly, they become inevitable. (C. Reeve)
- Only those who dare to fail in a big way end up achieving big successes. (Robert F. Kennedy)
- Success is a matter of persevering after others have already given up. (William Feather)
- Two kinds of people fail in life: those who know nothing and those who think they know everything. (Warren Buffett)
- If I fell, it was because I was walking, and the truth is that walking is worth it, even if you fall.
- Failure is a chance to start over, only more intelligently this time. (Henry Ford)
- The lazy person tends to walk so slowly that poverty soon catches up.
- Life can only be understood by looking back, but it can only be lived by looking forward.
- Take your first step now. It doesn’t matter if you can’t see the whole path. Just take the first step, and the rest of the path will appear as you walk. (Martin Luther King Jr.)
- Whoever wants to reach a goal looks for ways. Whoever doesn’t want to looks for excuses.
- You won’t win every battle, so choose carefully the ones you want to fight.
- Destiny is not a matter of chance but of choices. It is not something to wait for, but something to go after. (W. Jennings Bryan)
- If you trip and fall, get up with energy. If you trip again, get up again. If you trip a third time, stop walking: sit down and work out why you keep tripping.
- If changing a particular circumstance is not in your hands, at least choose the attitude with which you will face it.
- Those who think something can’t be done keep getting interrupted by people who are already doing it. (Joel A. Barker)
- If you stop dwelling on your problems and focus on your work, you will see the problems die for lack of food.
- Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. (Churchill)
- Only those who know how to be awake when the moment comes achieve their dreams.
- Remembering that you will die someday is the best way to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose by trying. (Steve Jobs)
- A race is not always won by the fastest runner, but by the one who keeps running when the rest have slowed down.
- Whoever thinks “this is enough for me” will always have enough.
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