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.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to read more

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.

Never put much confidence in such, as put no confidence in others. A man prone to suspect evil is mostly read more

Never put much confidence in such, as put no confidence in others. A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself. As to the pure all things are pure, even so to the impure all things are impure.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that read more

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that ... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't read more

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.

I slept and dreamed that life was beauty.I awoke -- and found that life was duty.

I slept and dreamed that life was beauty.I awoke -- and found that life was duty.