Mary Shelley, English writer (1797–1851)
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Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: I’m with you kid. Let’s go.
Maya Angelou, American writer (1928–2014)
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.
Ovid, Roman poet (43 BC–AD 18)
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I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter (1881–1973)
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, essayist and philosopher (1803–1882)
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Circles (1841)
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, essayist and philosopher (1803–1882)
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Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t.
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Richard Bach, American writer (1936–)
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The scouts’ motto is founded on my initials, it is Be Prepared, which means, you are always to be in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty.
Scouting for Boys (1908)
Robert Baden-Powell, British Army officer (1857–1941)
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Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?
Andrea del Sarto (1855)
Robert Browning, English poet (1812–1889)
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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (1850–1894)
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At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
Salvador Dal?, Spanish surrealist painter (1904–1989)
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Samuel Johnson, English writer, critic and lexicographer (1709–1784)
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If you are not criticised, you may not be doing much.
Human Life (1819)
Samuel Rogers, English poet (1763–1855)
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To show your true ability is always, in a sense, to surpass the limits of your ability, to go a little beyond them.
Simone de Beauvoir, French writer (1908–1986)
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One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.
Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish physician (1881–1955)
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Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it.