Read inspirational quotes about bouncing back from mistakes, stepping up to a challenge and taking risks.
Derek Jeter On Resilience
I'm not perfect; no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. I think you try to learn from those mistakes.
Derek Jeter, baseball player
Evelyn Ashford On Challenges
The fastest way to get me to go out and do something is to tell me no way I can do it.
Evelyn Ashford, track star
B. C. Forbes On Obstacles
Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
B.C. Forbes, founder of Forbes magazine
Woodrow Wilson On Perseverance
The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
Woodrow Wilson, 28th U.S. president
Sophocles On Integrity
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
Sophocles, Greek poet
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