We lose much by fearing to attempt. The most difficult step is the first one. Settle one difficulty and you keep hundreds away. If you want to be the best at what you do, then you're going to have to make some sacrifices.
Middle age is the time when narrow waist and broad mind change places.
The greatest of all faults is to imagine you have none. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself. The thing we learn from history is that we don't learn from history. The fellow who will never admit he was wrong really is saying he is no smarter now than he used to be. To make mistakes is human.