“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.” 
― Jim Henson

“If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.” 
― Steven Wright

“Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.” 
― Napoleon Hill

“Vision without execution is just hallucination.” 
― Henry Ford

“If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.” 
― Steve Maraboli

“To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.” 
― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“There is no failure except in no longer trying.” 
― Elbert Hubbard

“Success is...
knowing your purpose in life,
growing to reach your maximum potential, and
sowing seeds that benefit others.” 
― John C. Maxwell