“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.” — Lao Tzu · Tao Te Ching
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“Maybe that's enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.” — Anthony Bourdain · The Nasty Bits, 2006