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“Waiting to develop courage is just another form of procrastination. The most successful people take action while they’re afraid!”
“Take risks: If you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.”
“He who risks nothing can gain nothing.”
“Great achievements usually involve great risks.”
“Babe Ruth hit more home runs than anyone; he also struck out more often than anyone.”
“Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.”
“You can’t fall if you don’t climb. But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground.”
“If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.”
“The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.”
“Those who have the courage to conquer fear are made free, and those who are conquered by it are made to suffer until they have the courage to defeat it.”
“Confidence is not ‘they will like me.’ Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t.’”
“Thus to be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.”
“It’s probably unfair to expect the world at large, or even most people, to see us for all we are.”
“The thing about smart people is they seem like crazy people to dumb people.”
“If you can’t be criticized for it, it’s probably not remarkable.”
“Don’t always scrape and search for compliments. Criticism is what builds character and strength.”
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
“When a pickpocket meets a saint, all he sees are pockets.”
“Whoever is trying to bring you down is already below you.”
“Don’t let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of yours.”
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
“The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.”
“What others think about you is none of your business.”
“If you're good enough, there are no precedents.”
“'I can't do it' never yet accomplished anything: 'I will try' has accomplished wonders.”
“Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to; others only need one reason why they can. Which are you?”
“Belief in limitation is the one and only thing that causes limitation.”
“You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.”
“Push yourself until your limitations become your expectations.”
“Limitations are for people that have them and excuses are for people that need them.”
“The comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.”
“To achieve something you've never had, you must do something you've never done.”
“Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.”
“Don't compare to others. Compare to how you progressed.”
“If you want to be extraordinary, you have to stop being ordinary.”
“He who stops being better stops being good.”
“The main difference you'll usually find between you and someone you envy is that you settle for less.”
“We don't want acceptable; we want exceptional.”
“Settling for good can prevent you from achieving greatness.”
“The wisest mind has something yet to learn.”
“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.”
“Nothing ever gets easier. You just get stronger.”
“Every next level of your life will demand a different you.”
“The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.”
“The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have.”
“You are far too smart to be the only one standing in your way.”
“He that excuses himself, accuses himself.”
“Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.”
“Some make excuses. Others make progress.”
“You get what you want, when you stop making excuses why you don't have it.”
