Tom Shakespeare

Do not fear mistakes – there are none.

Miles Davis

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes along.

Samuel Butler

Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what people fear most.

Fydor Dostoevsky

Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Erica Jong

For they conquer who believe they can.

Virgil

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

Anais Nin

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

George Herbert

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish

Ovid

Fortune favours the brave.

Terence

It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur.

Wallace Stevens