Most people do not ever pick up the phone. They never ask, and that is what separates the people that do things from the people that just dream about them. You have to act, and you have to be willing to fail. You have to be willing to crash and burn, because if you are afraid of failing, you will not get very far.

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

You must first be willing to fail - and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.

The only way to win is to not be afraid of losing.

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.