Norton Juster Quotes

The only failure is not trying.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains.

"Where there is a will there is a way" is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it and secures its achievement. To think we are able is almost to be so - to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.

We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.

When you make up your mind to do good things, you will accomplish them if you use dynamic will power to follow through. No matter what the circumstances are, if you go on trying, God will create the means by which your will shall find its proper reward.

I wasn't a rebel. It kind of clicked in my head, like, if I want to do this, I can go out and do it. Some kids, it clicks for them, and it doesn't work out. But thank God for me it did work out. I put in all those hard hours of work, and it has gotten me to where I am.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

I was told millions of times that I was never going to achieve what I set out to, but I decided to do it, and I did it.

You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up.

In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.

I'll keep battling to realize my dreams.

Faith and hard work have been my mirror.

I'm a guy who struggled to get to where he is, and only through hard work and dedication have I been able to find my success.

I'm about working, getting better, and proving people wrong.

The one thing you can control is effort.

You have to believe in yourself, challenge yourself, and push yourself until the very end; that's the only way you'll succeed.

The only difference between 'try' and 'triumph' is varying degrees of 'umph'

Human will-power alone is not enough. Will-power is excellent and we should always be using it; but it is not enough. A desire to live a good life is not enough. Obviously we should all have that desire, but it will not guarantee success.

I will not fail,' the water bearer's daughter vowed. 'But worse than failing is not to try at all. For then there can be no hope of success.

Those who dare to try what others only dream of - never fail to discover that real effort is always rewarded.

Take "no" as an encouragement to redouble his efforts, so it was easier to say "yes" right away.

Hard work and determination equals success. Nothing comes easy. Put your mind to something.