Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. - T.S. Eliot

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
- Elbert Hubbard

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
- Andre Gide

Inspiration cannot be willed, though it can be wooed.
- Anthony Storr

Do not wait to strike until the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
- William B. Sprague

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
- Henry J. Kaiser

You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
- Unknown

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Don't loaf and invite inspiration.
Light out after it with a club.
- Jack London

Trust your hopes, not your fears.
- David Mahoney

Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.
- Frank L. Gaines

When you cease to dream you cease to live.
- Malcolm Forbes

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
- Tobias George Smollett

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
- Sallust

Success is never final and failure never fatal. It's courage that counts.
- George F. Tilton

Many of life's falures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
- Thomas Edison

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire.
- Carl Jung

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- English Proverb

Carpe diem.
- Latin Proverb, meaning Seize the day

Press on! A better fate awaits thee.
- Victor Hugo

Those who would attain any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant.
- Bayard Taylor

A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them.
- Thomas A. Kempis