You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Jack London
I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark would burn out in a brilliant blaze than be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
Jack London
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
Jack London
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.