Read inspirational quotes about optimism, handling defeat and constantly working to improve.
Jack Nicklaus On Effort
Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.
Jack Nicklaus, golfer
Harry Truman On Challenges
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
Harry Truman, 33rd U.S. president
Maya Angelou On Failure
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.
Maya Angelou, poet
Henry Stimson On Trust
The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him, and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him.
Henry Stimson, U.S. secretary of state
Thomas Huxley On Education
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
Thomas Huxley, biologist
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