If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery–isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.
Echoes of Vision
The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. They see possibilities where others see limitations.
If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. If you can't walk, then crawl, but by all means, keep moving. Movement is the essence of life itself. Every step forward, no matter how small, is a victory against stagnation and despair.
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
It is not the critic who counts... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly... and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
"Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock."
Success is not for the chosen few. It's for the few who choose to remain consistent, disciplined, and resilient long after excitement fades. This is where most people quit. They mistake the absence of excitement for a sign that they're on the wrong path... But those who persist through this phase discover something remarkable.
"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."
Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. When you learn to silence the voice of fear and listen instead to the voice of your deepest aspirations, you unlock a power within yourself.
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."
"One day, all the late nights, the doubt, and the hard choices will make sense. Keep going you’re building something eternal within yourself."