Failure isn't in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.

He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front.

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.

. . . the circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.

You have the ability, now apply yourself.

Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.