Success breeds confidence.

Success breeds confidence.

I’ve never sought success in order to get fame and money; it’s the talent and the passion that count in read more

I’ve never sought success in order to get fame and money; it’s the talent and the passion that count in success.

I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

Why, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art curst
Still to be near but ne'er to reach the first.
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Why, like the hindmost chariot wheels, art curst
Still to be near but ne'er to reach the first.
[Lat., Nam quamvis prope to, quamvis temone sub uno
Verentem sese, frustra sectabere cantum
Cum rota posterior curras et in axe secundo.]

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking read more

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough

Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise.
In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
[Lat., Quod read more

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise.
In great enterprises the attempt is enough.
[Lat., Quod si deficiant vires, audacia certe
Laus erit: in magnis et voluisse sat est.]

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.