“We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.” ― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?


“By seeking and blundering we learn.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe tags: education, experience, learning-from-mistakes


“Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.” ― John Dewey


“A teachable spirit and a humbleness to admit your ignorance or your mistake will save you a lot of pain. However, if you're a person who knows it all, then you've got a lot of heavy-hearted experiences coming your way.” ― Ron Carpenter Jr., The Necessity of an Enemy: How the Battle You Face Is Your Best Opportunity


“Many times what we perceive as an error or failure is actually a gift. And eventually, we find that lessons learned from that discouraging experience prove to be of great worth.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway


“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” ― Richard Branson

“False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for everyone takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness; and when this is done, one path towards error is closed and the road to truth is often at the same time opened.” ― Charles Darwin

“Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.” ― Auliq Ice

“Living is a process of developing oneself. Without experiencing pain from disconcerting periods of our lives, we would be different person, perhaps a lesser person.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls


“One of the most interesting parts of writing is that you can think about it all of the time. Writers get their ideas all day and all night long, not just when they sit at their writing tables. No one will see your thoughts, but inside your head, you can always wonder and ponder. "Hmmm...that's strange." Or, "I might write about that later." When you write, you notice things that other people do not. Artists and scientists do this too. To create, one must observe” ― Edgardo h pangilinan

“How much you can learn when you fail determines how far you will go into achieving your goals.” ― Roy Bennett

“CRITICISM is part of LEARNING and GROWTH. It means that you are taking INITIATIVES to learn something new and grow over from your current state. If you are not getting criticized, it means you are not taking enough RISK to learn something new and to grow.” ― Sanjeev Himachali


“I don't have the perfect roadmap drawn out, but I do know which roads I'll never drive down again.” ― Brittany Burgunder


“Great losses are great lessons.” ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Right beneath the numerous sufferings in life lies the precious gift called success.” ― Auliq-Ice

“Artificial intelligence is defined as the branch of science and technology that concerned with the study of software and hardware to provide machines the ability to learn insights from data and environment, and the ability to adapt in changing the situation with high precision, accuracy and speed.” ― Amit Ray, Compassionate Artificial Superintelligence AI 5.0 - AI with Blockchain, BMI, Drone, IOT, and Biometric Technologies

“I gained my wings when I believed they were there all along. It wasn't in the fixing or the healing of my personality that I recognized my worth it when I opened to the truth that I am whole right now, exactly as I am. Flaws, mistakes, fears.” ― Kelly Martin


“Always take failure as an opinion; never as an option.” ― Johnnie Dent Jr.

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because the reality is finally better than your dreams.” ― Dr. Seuss


“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You


“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.” ― John Lennon

“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” ― Edgar Allan Poe


“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.” ― Langston Hughes


“I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.” ― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?” ― John Lennon

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” ― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora

Consider using one of the following:

cause a change
have an effect
do something important
become different
have a significant effect
make different
make innovations
be at stake
be of importance
have an impact
have an important effect
make the world a better place
treat differently
be of account
be of consequence
be of significance
be reborn
be relevant
carry weight

I personally prefer either my dedication or my commitment.

Consider using one of the following

... my commitment/dedication to some subject is noteworthy.

While I was researching into the field privately, I found a great article from your university that piqued my interest in learning more about the field. ...

... and I have pursued my passion ever since.

This one is tricky, use this line very carefully in your SOP if at all.

“For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.” ― C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
tags: essence, granted, prayer, request


“The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.” ― Joseph B. Wirthlin

“People who take you for granted would be mad at those who regard you as something.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson, Master of Maxims

“Let them miss you. Sometimes when you're always available, they take you for granted because they think you'll always stay.” ― Moosa Rahat

“Never take today for granted, tomorrow might never come.” ― Matt Vella

“At the very point that I’ve taken something for granted, I have at that same moment taken it to its grave. And if I look around, I realize I’ve cultivated quite a cemetery.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough


“Never take love for granted, otherwise you will be surely disappointed.” ― Anthony T.Hincks

“In a very tragic kind of way, sometimes things have to be gone before I fully realize that they were ever there.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I took my menial life for granted until it became clear, why my early years resulted in a lack of adoption.- J.D. Stroube (Rival: Prelude to the Mirage Chronicles.)”
― J.D. Stroube


“When you take your belief for granted, failure takes you for rides.”― Israelmore Ayivor, You Can Rise



“God would have us cherish even the smallest of blessings, for in taking a blessing for granted we are well on our way to taking it to its grave.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough, Flecks of Gold on a Path of Stone: Simple Truths for Profound Living

Personally, I am a huge fan of Sports quotes but the choice of using them is highly personal.These inspirational sports quotes will help you find your inner athlete. Channel that energy into beating the opponents you face every day to win your personal championship.


“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth

“The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown

“Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

“Today, you have 100% of your life left.” – Tom Landry

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan

“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” – Vince Lombardi

“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter

“I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.” – Sandy Koufax

“When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge.” – Terry Bradshaw

“If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.” – Ben Hogan

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.” – William James