William Shakespeare on timing
“Better three hours too soon, than one minute too late.”
— William Shakespeare
Rosalynn Carter on risk taking
“You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don’t win, at least you can be satisfied thatyou’ve tried. If you don’t accept failure as a possibility, you don’t set high goals, you don’t branch out, you don’t try – you don’t take the risk.”
— Rosalynn Carter
Henry Ford on goals
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
— Henry Ford
Billie Jean King
“Be bold. If you’re going to make an error, make a doozy, and don’t be afraid to hit the ball.”
- Billie Jean King
Henry Ford on Success
“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.”
Henry Ford
Benjamin Disraeli on taking risks
“The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.”
Benjamin Disraeli
Gandhi on work
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group. There is much less competition.
- Gandhi
Bruce Lee on the power of focus
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus”.
- Bruce Lee
George Patton on challenges
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
-George S. Patton
Robert Collier on the steps to success
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
— Robert Collier