Motivational quotes

Resolve to remain as strong, as determined and as highly enthused during the darkest night of adversity as you are during the sunniest day of prosperity.

The man who never weakens when things are against him will grow stronger and stronger until all things will delight to be for him.

And when you fall throughout life—and maybe even tonight after a few too many glasses of champagne—fall forward.

The last line of the address.

Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

I want to fall… forward. At least I figure that way I’ll see what I’m about to hit.

The line the address is named for. The pause is his, and it is printed in the transcript.

I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

The turn into the argument of the address, which he titled "Fall Forward".

Never be discouraged. Never hold back. Give everything you’ve got.

You hang around a barbershop long enough—sooner or later you will get a haircut.

His answer to why he kept auditioning after repeated failures.

Wretch, you are carrying about a god with you, and you know it not.

I am by Nature made for my own good; not for my own evil.

If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers.

Crossley's arrangement carries no year on the Gutenberg text, so the date is circa.

Human effort is not futile, but man fights against the giant forces of Nature in a spirit of humility.

From his diary of the days the ice was crushing the Endurance.