Miguel de Cervantes

"Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it."

"Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes."

"He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all."

"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd."

"Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn."

"One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this."

"The eyes those silent tongues of love."

"To be prepared is half the victory."

"Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice."