Formula for failure

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. –Lao Tzu

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody. –Herbert Swope

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone

Goals are dreams with deadlines. –Diana Scharf Hunt

If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on. –Sheryl Sandberg

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. –Victor Hugo

I recommend to you to take care of the minutes; for hours will take care of themselves. –Lord Chesterfield

Fall seven times and stand up eight. –Japanese Proverb

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success ...