odinkirk’s most recent Quotables

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Some people have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.

It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible — and achieve it, generation after generation.

You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no one’s doing but my own. I am the force. I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice. My responsibility. Win or lose; only I hold the key to my destiny.

Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Those who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try nothing and succeed.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.