Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress...

Ability is of little account without opportunity...

Fear of failure and fear of the unknown are always defeated by faith. Having faith in yourself, in the process of change, and in the new direction that change sets will reveal your own inner core of steel.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them...

Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.

In this age, which believes that there is a short
cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be
learned is that the most difficult way is, in the
long run, the easiest.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Keeping ridiculous hours doesn't mean you'll be successful! This is something I need to get embedded into my own head...

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing...