Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.

Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of our bank account. The enemy is our chattering brain, which, if we give it so much as a nanosecond, will start producing excuses, alibis, transparent self-justifications and a million reasons why we can’t/shouldn’t/won’t do what we know we need to do.

You have never tasted freedom, friend, or you would know it is purchased not with gold, but steel.

Someone once asked Somerset Maughham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. "I write only when inspiration strikes," he replied. "Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.

The highest treason a crab can commit is to make a leap for the rim of the bucket.

Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for!

When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.