fortune favors the bold

Fortune does favor the bold, and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try. 

Sheryl Sandberg 

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 2013. As found in 2022 Great Quotes From Great Leaders Boxed Calendar: 365 Inspirational Quotes From Leaders Who Shaped the World. 

their discipline is weak

One of the great tragedies we witness almost daily is the tragedy of men of high aim and low achievement. Their motives are noble. Their proclaimed ambition is praiseworthy. Their capacity is great. But their discipline is weak. They succumb to indolence. Appetite robs them of will.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Ensign May 1979 as found in Ensign May 1994