Play the game you know you can win, even if it means inventing it yourself.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
— Louis Pasteur
What is true is that if you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.
— Ken Robinson | The Element
Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
— Randy Pausch | The Last Lecture
What I’ve learned, above all is to keep marching forward because the best news is that since chance does play a role, one important factor in success is under our control: the number of at bats, the number of chances taken, the number of opportunities seized.
— Leonard Mlodinow | The Drunkard’s Walk