"Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort." ― Epictetus Topic(s): Success More From Epictetus "Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant." "Only the educated are free." "Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants." More In Success "One fails forward toward success."― Charles Kettering "Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final."― Roger Babson "I’m sure not afraid of success and I’ve learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing I’m afraid of now is of being someone I don’t like much."― Anna Quindlen