It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get read more

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the
fight in the dog.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the
fight in the dog.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of read more

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that
I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I
have received and am still receiving.

Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength
and soul can be a true master. read more

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength
and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands
all of a person.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing
down, the other is pulling up.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing
down, the other is pulling up.

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give read more

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - and never knowing

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.