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The will to do, the soul to dare..

Walter Scott

Inspirational, Running, Soul

"The Lady of the Lake" by Walter Scott, Canto I, stanza 21, 1810.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

Walter Scott

Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

Walter Scott

Inspirational, Success, Your Side

Walter Scott (2015). “Sir Walter Scott: Collected Letters, Memoirs and Articles: Complete Autobiographical Writings, Journal & Notes, Accompanied with Extended Biographies and Reminiscences of the Author of Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering”, p.84, e-artnow

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

Walter Scott

Inspirational, Motivation, Real

Walter Scott (1875). “Waverley Novels: Peveril of the Peak”, p.79

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

Walter Scott

Inspirational, Success, Wind

A thousand fearful images and dire suggestions glance along the mind when it is moody and discontented with itself. Command them to stand and show themselves, and you presently assert the power of reason over imagination.

Walter Scott

Inspirational, Fear, Halloween