Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
One mustn't close one's eyes to difficulty and to shortcomings; the more one recognizes them, the less they upset one.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause.
When you have confidence, you can do anything.
If you don't make errors, how can you be conscious?
When I get on a course that's not very good, that's not tough, I fall asleep. Mentally I must be lazy, like a little kid, but I always seem to do well when there's a tough situation.
I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort.
I don't really think about the degree of difficulty or the possibility of making a mistake. I just try to relax and let my preparation and training take over.