Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall 

— Oliver Goldsmith

I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened 

— Mark Twain

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist‚ that is all 

—  Oscar Wilde

Whatever you’re thinking about you will attract 

—  Bob Proctor

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are‚ whether that view is accurate or not  

— Tony Robbins

Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions 

— Wendell Holmes

The only person who can tell you ‘you can’t’ is you. And you don’t have to listen 

— Nike

There is no failure except in no longer trying 

— Elbert Hubbard

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character  

— Tony Robbins

I walk slowly‚ but I never walk backward  

— Abraham Lincoln

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

— Bayard Taylor

Most misfortunes are the result of misused time 

— Napoleon Hill

One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve 

— Nitze

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution 

— Robert F. Kennedy

It is not length of life, but depth of life 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away? 

— Lord Chesterfield

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live 

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

The smallest actual good is better than the most magnificent promise of impossibilities 

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

A man’s errors are his portals of discovery  

— James Joyce

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement 

— Brian Tracy