Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10‚000 ways that won’t work 

— Thomas A. Edison‚ inventor of the light bulb

To be free is to have achieved your life 

— Tennessee Williams

There is no failure except in no longer trying 

— Elbert Hubbard

There’s always a way - if you’re committed  

— Tony Robbins

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me 

—  Ayn Rand

Success is sweet: the sweeter if long delayed and attained through manifold struggles and defeats 

— A. Branson Alcott

Whatever you’re thinking about you will attract 

—  Bob Proctor

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well 

— Henry W. Longfellow

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths‚ rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success  

— John D. Rockefeller

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment  

— Orison Swett Marden

To earn more you must learn more 

— Brian Tracy

Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades 

— Mme. Du Deffand

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other 

— Abraham Lincoln

The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself 

— B. R. Haydon

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work  

— Thomas A. Edison

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling 

— Lucretius

There’s no abiding success without commitment  

— Tony Robbins

If you can imagine it‚ you can create it. If you dream it‚ you can become it 

—  William Arthur Ward