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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions. Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. We must balance conspicuous consumption with conscious capitalism. The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I'm possible!” I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

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If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions. Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.

You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. An unexamined life is not worth living. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Either you run the day, or the day runs you.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. Either you run the day, or the day runs you. If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. You can't fall if you don't climb. But there's no joy in living your whole life on the ground. There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Teach thy tongue to say, “I do not know,” and thous shalt progress. There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.