Image: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images
There are some things one can only achieve by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction.
—Franz KafkaFailure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
—Henry FordDo what you can, with what you have, where you are.
—Theodore RooseveltThe foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don’ts.
—Suze OrmanYou may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.
—Mary PickfordOh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left.
—Hubert HumphreyDo not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.
—Alan CohenNew beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.
—Lao TzuChampions keep playing until they get it right.
—Billie Jean KingThe secret to change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
—SocratesGetting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
—CS Lewis
(This story appears in the 22 May, 2020 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)