Assuming Quote by Eugen Herrigel

A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: he remains on this side of this talents, and even if…

— Anonymous

“he has no more idea of exerting himself to overcome obstacles than he has of restraining his natural appetites; and these two things are…

— Anne Brontë

One inconvenience... may attend bold and arduous attempts: frequent failure may discourage. This evil, however, is not more pernicious than the slow proficiency which…

— Joshua Reynolds

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

— Anonymous

“There is nothing that man can build that nature cannot destroy, and far as he may advance in might and knowledge and cunning, her…

— Filson Young

“He that seeketh victory over his nature, let him not set himself too great, nor too small tasks; for the first will make him…

— Francis Bacon

He hazardeth much who depends for his learning on experience. An unhappy master, he that is only made wise by many shipwrecks; a miserable…

— Roger Ascham

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

— Leonardo da Vinci

“So dangerous it is for a man to come into the acquisition of great fortune before he matures in virtues and principles.”

— Paul Bamikole

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.

— Louis Auchincloss

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his…

— Thomas Carlyle

A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.

— William James