Butler, Samuel -- Notebooks (1912)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can in the end get what he wants if he...
View ArticleHale, Edward Everett -- “I Am Only One”
I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. Edward Everett Hale...
View ArticleJohnson, Samuel -- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, ch. 6 (1759)
Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, criticThe History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, ch. 6...
View ArticleHeinlein, Robert A. -- Time Enough for Love (1973)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.
View ArticleKennedy, John F. -- “The New Frontier,” Presidential Nomination Acceptance...
That is the question of the New Frontier. That is the choice our nation must make — a choice that lies not merely between two men or two parties, but between the public interest and private comfort —...
View ArticleSchuller, Robert H. -- You Can Become the Person You Want To Be, ch. 2 (1973)
What goals would you be setting for yourself if you knew you could not fail? Robert H. Schuller (b. 1926) American televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, authorYou Can Become the Person You Want...
View ArticleJohnson, Samuel -- Comment (22 Sep 1777)
Talking of the danger of being mortified by rejection, when making approaches to the acquaintance of the great, I observed, “I am, however, generally for trying, ‘Nothing venture, nothing have.'”...
View ArticleTagore, Rabindranath -- Sadhana: The Realization of Life, ch. 3 (1913)
When we watch a child trying to walk, we see its countless failures; its success are but few. If we had to limit our observation within a narrow space of time, the sight would be cruel. But we find...
View ArticleCarter, Jimmy -- Why Not The Best? (1975)
I had applied for the nuclear submarine program, and Admiral Rickover was interviewing me for the job. It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover, and we sat in a large room by ourselves for more...
View ArticleByron, George Gordon, Lord -- Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, Act 1, sc. 1...
You have greatly ventured, but all must do so who would greatly win. George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) English poetMarino Faliero, Doge of Venice, Act 1, sc. 1 (1821)
View ArticleRoosevelt, Eleanor -- You Learn By Living (1960)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond...
View ArticleAdams, Douglas -- Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English writerDirk Gently’s...
View ArticleFuller, Thomas (1654) -- Gnomologia, #5110 (1732)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . ‘Tis Perseverance that prevails.
View ArticleChichester, Francis -- Comment (1967)
Life is dull without a challenge. If your try fails, what does that matter? All life is failure in the end. The thing is to get some sport out of trying. Francis Chichester (1901-1972) English aviator...
View ArticleKettering, Charles F. -- “Don’t Be Afraid to Stumble,” The Rotarian (Jan 1952)
The only time you don’t want to fail is the last time you try a thing. Charles F. Kettering (1876-1958) American inventor, engineer, researcher, businessman“Don’t Be Afraid to Stumble,” The Rotarian...
View ArticleSwensen, Daniel -- Orison (2014)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . If she asked for the sun, he would climb the sky until he burned.
View ArticleKettering, Charles F. -- (Attributed)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he’s in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.
View ArticleKasdan, Lawrence -- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) [with George Lucas and...
YODA: No! Try not. Do — or do not. There is no try. Lawrence Kasdan (b. 1949) American screenwriter, director, producerThe Empire Strikes Back (1980) [with George Lucas and Leigh Brackett]
View ArticleStevenson, Robert Louis -- Virginibus Puerisque, ch. 2 “Crabbed Age and...
Give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poetVirginibus Puerisque, ch. 2 “Crabbed Age and Youth” (1881)
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Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (1732) [comp.]
Better hazard once than be always in fear. Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English writer, physicianGnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (1732) [comp.]
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