The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.

- John Upkike

“Some are destined to succeed, some are determined to succeed.”

- Swami Tejomayananda

“The one thing that matters is the effort.”

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships."

- Hellen Keller

“Life is not what it's supposed to be. Its what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.”

- Virginia Satir

"Do whatever you do intensely."

- Robert Henri

"Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them."

- Richard Bach

"Life has no meaning a priori. Before you come alive, life is nothing; it’s up to you to give it a meaning and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose”

- Jean-Paul Sartre

“Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.”

- Charles W. Chesnutt

“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.”

- Elbert Hubbard

“Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning”

- Igor Stravinsky

"Devote yourself to an idea.  Go make it happen.  Struggle on it.  Overcome your fears.  Smile.  Don't forget: this is your dream."

‎"If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow."

- William McFee

“In dreams begin responsibility”

- William Butler Yeats

“The bitterest tear shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.”

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us”

- Charles Kingsley

“The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

- Vince Lombardi

"You can't try to do things; you simply must do them."

- Ray Bradbury

“There's a drive in me that won't allow me to do certain things that are easy.”

- Johnny Depp

"It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action."

- Lin Yutang

"We are minor in everything but our passions”

- Elizabeth Bowen

"We all have ability. The difference is how we use it"

- Stevie Wonder

“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.”

- Sydney Smith

“Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.”

- Norman Vincent Peale

"There are times when the utmost daring is the height of wisdom."

- Carl von Clausewitz