“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”

 — William Faulkner

“Don't do what you can do - try what you can't do.”

 — William Faulkner

“Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest.”

 — William Faulkner

“Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.”

 — William Faulkner

“Be scared. You can't help that. But don't be afraid.”

 — William Faulkner

“Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.”

 — William Faulkner

“To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.”

 — William Faulkner

“If a story is in you, it has to come out.”

 — William Faulkner

“You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.”

 — William Faulkner

“Life is a process of preparing to be dead for a long time.”

 — William Faulkner

Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes That Will Ignite Your Mind