1. “Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.” Frederick Wilcox

2. “When you are face to face with a difficulty, you are up against a discovery.” Lord Kelvin

3. “I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.” Louisa May Alcott

4. “When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” John F. Kennedy

5. “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” Abraham Lincoln

6. “Inspiration does not beget action. Action begets inspiration.” Chinese Proverb

7. “Do or do not, there is no try.” Yoda

8. “Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.” James Allen

9. “... life never calms down long enough for us to wait until tomorrow to start living the lives we deserve.” Sarah Ban Breathnach

10. “There is no pleasure in having nothing to do. The fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.” Mary Little

11. “If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.” Fay Weldon

12. “If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much.” Lewis Carroll

13. “Don't worry about doing great things… just do little things with great heart.” Mother Teresa

14. “There are three sorts of people: those who make things happen; those who watch things happen; and those who wonder what has happened.” Pascal

15. “Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.” Samuel Johnson

16. “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, It is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” Seneca

17. “Putting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard one makes it impossible.” George H. Lonmer

18. “People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross.” Unknown Source

19. “He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.” Chinese Proverb

20. “The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.” Dawson Trotman

21. “Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” Benjamin Disraeli

22. “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

23. “Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.” Winston Churchill

24. “There is no education like adversity.” Benjamin Disraeli

25. “Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.” David Lloyd George

26. “Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.” William Ward