Realism

Music is the shorthand of emotion. - Leo Tolstoy

Passion is easy; commitment is tough. - Celia Barbour

Success covers a multitude of blunders. - George Bernard Shaw

Don't hope for success. Work for it. - Unknown

Self-assurance is two-thirds of success. - Gaelic Proverb

Hope is the last thing to abandon the unhappy. - Unknown

The secret of success is consistency of purpose. - Benjamin Disraeli

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it. - Jonathan Winters

Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer. - Marcia Wieder

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love. - David McCullough

If you don't have a dream, how can you have a dream come true? - Jiminy Cricket

Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle I have hope for the human race. - H G Wells

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize. - Muhammad Ali

Don't ever perceive other people's success as your own failure. - Rob Liano

Amateurs wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work. - Chuck Close

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father. - Roger von Oech

A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. - Charles Schwab

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. - William Feather

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. - Amelia Earhart

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough not to lose the dream in the seeking of it. - William Faulkner

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. - Rita Mae Brown

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism. - Sylvester Stallone

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. - Edgar Allan Poe

Why is America the last best hope of Earth? What if it's Liechtenstein? Or, worse, Canada? - Sarah Vowell

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence. - Helen Keller

I think of inspiration as desire infused with spirit and topped with an almost reckless optimism. - Fred White

The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time. - Joe Girard

Enthusiasm creates a current in everyone it touches. It turns an ordinary person into a crusader. - F.D. Van Amburgh

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. - Mary Kay Ash

There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. - Norman Vincent Peale

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. - John Wooden

The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge. - Seymour Papert

Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes but morning comes ... keep hope alive. - Jesse Jackson

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. - Cicero

Leadership is all about caring, daring and sharing. Caring for people, Daring to Act fearlessly, and Sharing the success with all. - Sujit Lalwani

The secret of many a man's success in the world resides in his insight into the moods of men and his tact in dealing with them. - J.G. Holland

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. - Nelson Mandela