Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

—Japanese proverb

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare..

—Japanese proverb

Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.

—Japanese proverb

One kind word can warm three winter months.

—Japanese proverb

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

—Japanese proverb

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

—Will Rogers

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.

—Leo Tolstoy

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.

—Charles Simic

Our lives don't really belong to us, you see—they belong to the world, and in spite of our efforts to make sense of it, the world is a place beyond our understanding.

—Paul Auster