1. “First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.” ―Octavia Butler
“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.”
―Octavia Butler
2. “The best way out is always through.” ―Robert Frost
“The best way out is always through.”
―Robert Frost
3. “The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.” —Jesse Owens
“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.”
—Jesse Owens
4. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” —Frederick Douglass
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
—Frederick Douglass
5. “Someone will declare, “I am the leader!” and expect everyone to get in line and follow him or her to the gates of heaven or hell. My experience is that it doesn’t happen that way. Others follow you based on the quality of your actions rather than the magnitude of your declarations.” ―Bill Walsh
“Someone will declare, “I am the leader!” and expect everyone to get in line and follow him or her to the gates of heaven or hell. My experience is that it doesn’t happen that way. Others follow you based on the quality of your actions rather than the magnitude of your declarations.”
―Bill Walsh
6. “Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.” —Ruth Gordo
“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.”
—Ruth Gordo
7. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” —Dale Carnegie
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
—Dale Carnegie
8. “Relentlessly prune bullshit, don’t wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. That’s what you do when life is short.” —Paul Graham
“Relentlessly prune bullshit, don’t wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. That’s what you do when life is short.”
—Paul Graham
9. “More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.” —Marcus Tullius Cicero
“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero
10. “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” —Thomas Aquinas
“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”
—Thomas Aquinas
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11. “You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches.” —Dita Von Teese
“You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches.”
—Dita Von Teese
12. “Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.” ―Cormac McCarthy
“Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.”
―Cormac McCarthy
13. “Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” —Calvin Coolidge
“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
—Calvin Coolidge
14. “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” ―Arthur C. Clarke
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”
―Arthur C. Clarke
15. “Worry is a misuse of imagination.” —Unknown
“Worry is a misuse of imagination.”
—Unknown
16. “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” ―Maya Angelou
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”
―Maya Angelou
17. “I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.” —Edna Mode
“I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.”
—Edna Mode
18. “A year from now you will wish you had started today.” —Unknown
“A year from now you will wish you had started today.”
—Unknown
19. “The reason we struggle with insecurity is that we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.” —Steve Furtick
“The reason we struggle with insecurity is that we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.”
—Steve Furtick
20. “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” —Carl Sagan
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
—Carl Sagan
21. “Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” —Drew Houston
“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”
—Drew Houston
22. “You carry the passport to your own happiness.” —Diane von Furstenberg
“You carry the passport to your own happiness.”
—Diane von Furstenberg
23. “Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.” —Drake
“Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.”
—Drake
24. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” —Amelia Earhart
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.”
—Amelia Earhart
25. “I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” —Lucille Ball
“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.”
—Lucille Ball
26. “I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.” —Jay-Z
“I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.”
—Jay-Z
27. “I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.” —Arianna Huffington
“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.”
—Arianna Huffington
28. “If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” —Erica Jong
“If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.”
—Erica Jong
29. “I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.” —Don Cheadle
“I think it’s intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.”
—Don Cheadle
30. “You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.” —Leymah Gbowee
“You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.”
—Leymah Gbowee
31. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” —Dolly Parton
“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”
—Dolly Parton
32. “If it makes you nervous, you’re doing it right.” —Childish Gambino
“If it makes you nervous, you’re doing it right.”
—Childish Gambino
33. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” —Jane Goodall
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
—Jane Goodall
34. “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.” —Louise Hay
“I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.”
—Louise Hay
35. “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” —Coco Chanel
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”
—Coco Chanel
36. “Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.” —Kurt Vonnegut
“Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.”
—Kurt Vonnegut
37. “People’s passion and desire for authenticity is strong.” —Constance Wu
“People’s passion and desire for authenticity is strong.”
—Constance Wu
39. “A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” —Sonia Sotomayor
“A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.” —Sonia Sotomayor
—Sonia Sotomayor
40. “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” —Jennifer Lopez
“Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.”
—Jennifer Lopez