I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse. — Florence Nightingale

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The only thing that feels better than winning is winning when nobody thought you could. - Hank Aaron

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Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared. — Eddie Rickenbacker

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Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. - Søren Kierkegaard

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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

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Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.

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For some, life may be a playground to undermine the brainwaves of others or simply a vainglorious game with an armory of theatrics, illustrating only bleak self-deception, haughty narcissism and dim deficiency in empathy. ("Another empty room") ― Erik Pevernagie

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If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything. - Marilyn Monroe

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Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend. ― Sarah Dessen

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Your greatest self has been waiting your whole life; don't make it wait any longer. ― Steve Maraboli

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