The document contains a collection of inspirational quotes from various notable figures throughout history on topics such as success, life, plans, opportunities, improvement, risk-taking, preparation, and turning dreams into realities. Some of the quotes encourage persevering through failure without losing enthusiasm, living fully in the present moment, starting to improve the world without waiting, and summoning the will to make dreams inevitable through preparation.

1. "Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill

2. ""Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow!! What a ride!" Quote from a running buddy of Dean Karnazes , runner of 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states

3. "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them." Mark Twain

5. "The idea of an overnight delivery service isn’t feasible." Yale business professor (in 1966) referring to a thesis submitted by Fred Smith, founder of Fedex

6. "Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding." Harvey Mackay

7. "Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill." Muhammad Ali

8. "Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." Sun-Tzu

9. "You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this." Henry David Thoreau

10. "We can't afford to waste tears on might-have-beens. We need to turn the tears into sweat that can take us to what can be." Denis Waitley

11. "Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into." Wayne Dyer

12. "Courage is being scared to death -- but saddling up anyway." John Wayne

13. "One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do." Henry Ford

14. "Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says. 'Make me feel important.' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life." Mary Kay Ash

15. "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." Anne Frank

16. "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." Charles Swindoll

17. "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." William Shakespeare

18. "Triumph is just "umph" added to try." Unknown

19. "And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anais Nin

20. “ Remember, you only have to succeed the last time." Brian Tracy

21. “ Failure is a prerequisite for great success.If you want to succeed faster, double your rate of failure." Brian Tracy

22. “ It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference." Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant

23. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." Ralph Waldo Emerson

24. "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." Author Unknown

25. "We are all self made - only the successful are prepared to admit it." Ona Brown

26. "So many dreams at first seem impossible. And then they seem improbable. And then when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable." Christopher Reeve

27. "Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile...initially scared me to death." Betty Bender

28. “ Demand More of Yourself than anyone else would expect from you” Anthony Robbins

29. "You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful idea in the world, but it requires people...to make the dream a reality." Walt Disney