Many of life’s failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up 

—  Thomas A. Edison

You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind 

— Author Unknown

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time  

— Thomas A. Edison

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong 

— Thomas Carlyle

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man is not of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men 

— Benjamin Disraeli

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can 

— Thomas Carlyle

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds 

— Albert Einstein

The only person who can tell you ‘you can’t’ is you. And you don’t have to listen 

— Nike

Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want 

— Anonymous

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way 

— Christopher Morley

You become what you think about most but you also attract what you think about most 

—  John Assaraf

No man is happy who does not think himself so 

— Publilius Syrus

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step  

— Lao Tzu

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whatever you’re thinking about you will attract 

—  Bob Proctor

I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature 

— J D Rockefeller

Everything is okay in the end‚ if it’s not ok‚ then it’s not the end 

—  Author Unknown

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes 

— Earl of Beaconsfield

The more man meditates upon good thoughts‚ the better will be his world and the world at large  

— Confucius