The human heart knows when it is being asked to be less.

Those who take bold chances don’t think failure is the opposite of success. They believe complacency is.

If you want something done, give it to a busy man.

Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.

There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.

Imperfections are the essence of evolution.

Too many of those with unrealized aspirations have set them aside due to fear of failure. The bigger the dream, the greater the fear. Doing less than our best allays this fear. I could have done better if I’d tried, we assure ourselves. Among the least appreciated reasons for doing superficial, second-rate work of any kind is the comfort of knowing it’s not our best that’s on the line. By not trying too hard, we avoid learning what our true potential is, and having to fulfill it. Doing our best can be deeply threatening. It forces us to consider what we’re actually capable of accomplishing. Once we learn that lesson, we can’t unlearn it. Our true potential becomes both a shining light we can follow and an oppressive burden of expectation that might, or might not, be met.

When a junior executive lost IBM $10m on a risky venture, Tom Watson, Jr., rejected his offer to resign. “You can’t be serious,” said IBM’s head, “we’ve just spent $10m educating you!”

Rather than cripple, failure can strengthen. Depending on how we respond to them, blows can shatter us as if we were a cheap clay pot or temper us as they would steel.

Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.

Success is the proper utilization of failure.

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