What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Many a man never fails because he never tries.

Many a man never fails because he never tries.

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth read more

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from
within, from one's own efforts.

The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from
within, from one's own efforts.

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.

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.

No one knows what he can do till he tries.

No one knows what he can do till he tries.

If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets
even a s Michelangelo painted, or read more

If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets
even a s Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or
Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that
all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a
great streetsweeper who did his job well.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.