When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My contest is only with myself, to do it right, with power, and force, and delight, and gamble.

Charles Bukowski
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Sometimes we overestimate what we can do. We try to do more than we can, and when things get tough, we get discouraged and think that it is too late to turn around. We may have been working on a project for years, but if we only had the courage to start from the beginning, we could have completed it before. It is said that when you set out to do something, you should not believe you will fail. Rather, if you fail, it means you did not start at all.

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