“Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools.”

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.

Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.

Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I’ve met people who don’t want to try for fear of failing.

You can have a very intense relationship with fictional characters because they are in your own head.

You must accept the reality of other people.

You must accept the reality of other people.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

Size is no guarantee of power.

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.

A good first impression can work wonders.

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential.

Life is too short. I only want to do things that I enjoy, or that I think are good or worth doing.

Imagination is the foundation of all invention and innovation.

It is easy to go down into Hell but to climb back again, to retrace one’s steps to the upper air – there’s the rub.

Best to start at the bottom & gradually climb up. It’s much more fun, too.

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.

The stairs of our industry must be accessible to all. Let’s climb.

The stairs of our industry must be accessible to all. Let’s climb.

Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

You can’t climb uphill by thinking downhill thoughts.