To go back is nothing but death; to go forward is fear of death, and life everlasting beyond it. I will yet go forward.

369} HOPE. I do believe, as you say, that fear tends much to men's good, and to make them right, at their beginning to go on pilgrimage.

must venture. To go back is nothing but death; to go forward is fear of death, and life-everlasting beyond it.

but yet I was bound in the wings of the temptation, and the wind would carry me away.  I thought also of Saul, and of the evil spirit that did possess him: and did greatly fear that my condition was the same with that of his.  1 Sam. x.

Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.

It is easier to move from failure to success in from excuses to success.

The reality is that you will never get much done unless you go ahead and do it before you are ready.

Risk must be evaluated not by the fear it generates in you or the probability of your success, but by the value of the goal.

Leadership is responsible. Losing is unacceptable. Passion is unquenchable. Creativity is essential. Quitting is unthinkable. Commitment is unquestionable. Victory is inevitable.

Sometimes we are afraid because success puts pressure on us to continue to succeed.

You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is often painful. But we need to recognize that there are really two kinds of pain when it comes to our daily conduct. There's the pain of self-discipline and the pain of regret. Most people avoid the pain of self-discipline because it's the easy thing to do. What they may not realize is that the pain of self-discipline is momentary but the pay-off is long lasting.