"To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again."

Time, Enthusiasm, Effort, Hurt

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"To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again."

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"The future is what matters - because one never reaches it, but always stays in the present - like the White Queen who had to run like the wind to remain in the same spot."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Time, Future, Present, Philosophy

"Time takes it all whether you want it to or not, time takes it all. Time bares it away, and in the end there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again."

Stephen King, American Author

Time, Regret, Today, Future

"Time rises and rises, and when it reaches the level of your eyes you drown."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Time, Life, Existence, Flow

"Time heals all wounds."

Stephen King, American Author

Time, Truth, Life, Wisdom, Future

"There are those of us who learn to live completely in the moment. For such people the Past vanishes and the future loses meaning. There is only the Present, which means that two of the three Aalim are surplus to requirements. And then there are those of us who are trapped in yesterdays, in the memory of a lost love, or a childhood home, or a dreadful crime. And some people live only for a better tomorrow; for them the past ceases to exist."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Time, Past, Present, Future

"The obscurest epoch is today."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

Time, Today

"Twelve minutes. I can give you that."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Time, Truth, Happiness, Power, Inspirational

"We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words 'Too Late'."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Time, Procrastination, Today, Fact

"We went to the New York World's Fair, saw what the past had been like, according to the Ford Motor Car Company and Walt Disney, saw what the future would be like, according to General Motors. And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Time, Past, Future, Present, Reflection

"Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Time, Nothing, Wrong, Years

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"Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure."

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"Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence."

Thought

"If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed."

Courage

"This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole."

People

"Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors."

Life

"There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It's up to you to find it, and you can."

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"The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible."

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