"Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort.

When you have the potential for success within you, adversity and temporary defeat only help you prepare to reach great heights of success. Without adversity, you would never develop the qualities of reliability, loyalty, humility, and perseverance that are so essential to enduring success. Many people have escaped the jaws of defeat and achieved great victories because they would not allow themselves to fail. When your escape routes are all closed, you will be surprised how quickly you will find the path to success."

~ Napoleon Hill

"Edison failed 10,000 times before perfecting the incandescent electric light bulb. Don’t worry if you fail once.

Arguably America’s greatest inventor, Thomas Edison had an extraordinarily positive perception of life that greatly enhanced his ability as an inventor. When others might have been hopelessly discouraged after failing thousands of times in an attempt to develop an electric light, the great Edison simply viewed each unsuccessful experiment as the elimination of a solution that wouldn’t work, thereby moving him that much closer to a successful solution. We could all take a lesson from Edison. Stories abound about inventors who quit trying and gave up too soon or miners who struck gold just a few feet beyond where someone else quit digging. There are few obstacles in life that will not succumb to consistent, sustained, intelligent, positive action. When you are discouraged after you’ve failed at something, remember Edison’s 10,000 failures before he arrived at the solution that forever changed the world."
~ The Napoleon Hill's foundation

"Negativity is totally unnatural. It is a psychic pollutant."

~ Eckhart Tolle

"Don't be pushed by your problems, be led by your dreams"

~ Steve Jobs

"Live a vital life. Here's one of the reasons why. If you live well, you will earn well.
If you live well it will show in your face, it will show in the texture of your voice.
There will be something unique and magical about you if you live well.
It will infuse not only your personal life but also your business life. And it will give you a vitality nothing else can give."

~ Jim Rohn