“Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.”

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.”

“You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.”

“Being a fish out of water is tough, but that’s how you evolve.”

“Wat men moet leren doen, leert men alleen door het te doen.”

“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”

“There’s no shortcut to learning a craft; you just have to put the years in.”

“Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.”

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

“Je hoeft niet de hele trap te zien, om de eerste stap te nemen.”

“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”

“Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.”

“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”

“I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.”

“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”

“By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.”

“To ask the right question is already half the solution of a problem.”

“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got.”