“Lose the day loitering, 'twill be the same storyTo-morrow, and the next more dilatory,For indecision brings its own delays,And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute!What you can do, or think you can, begin it!Only engage, and then the mind grows heated;Begin it, and the work will be completed.”

“Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!”

“Anything you can do, or dream you do, begin it: boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”

“Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.”

“Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.”

“If you have a great work in your head, nothing else thrives near it; all other thoughts are repelled, and the pleasure of life itself is for the time lost.”

“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.”