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“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.”

Louisa May Alcott book Little Women

Source: Little Women

“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.”

Louisa May Alcott book Little Women

Amy, in Ch. 44 : My Lord and Lady
Variant: I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Source: Little Women (1868)

“The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

Steve Jobs (1955–2011) American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.

Quoted in Steve Jobs, the Journey Is the Reward (1988) by Jeffrey S. Young ISBN 155802378X
1980s

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author

Preface to Transit of Venus: Poems by Harry Crosby (1931)

“To do nothing is the way to be nothing.”

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) American novelist and short story writer (1804 – 1879)

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready.”

Paulo Coelho book The Devil and Miss Prym

Source: The Devil and Miss Prym‎ [O Demônio e a srta Prym] (2000), p. x; this has also been misquoted as "A moment is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny."
Context: When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.