“Don’t think to hunt two hares with one dog.”
Benjamin Franklin (verified)
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”
— Marie Curie (verified, secondary source)“Hitch your wagon to a star.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“Hope of gain lessens pain.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“The noblest question in the world is, what good may I do in it?”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“You will never reach your destination if you stop to shy [throw] stones at every dog that barks.”
— Winston Churchill (verified, secondary source)“Nothing is beneath you, if it is in the direction of your life: nothing is great or desirable, if it is off from that.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (unverified)