What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable.

If you can't do anything as good as or even better than what you have already done, then don't do it.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable. Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else, - very rarely to those who say to themselves, "Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual!"

Nothing is more common than the wish to be remarkable

If you’re remarkable, it’s likely that some people won’t
like you. That’s part of the definition of remarkable.
Nobody gets unanimous praise–ever. The best the timid
can hope for is to be unnoticed. Criticism comes to those
who stand out.

Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that which you must do and which you cannot do in any other way.

If you have no reason or ability to accomplish anything, then practice the art of becoming.
If you have no reason or ability to practice the art of becoming, then just be.
If you don't have any reason or ability to just be, then endure.

Here’s how to live: Do nothing.

If you absolutely can't tolerate critics, then don't do anything new or interesting.

Article Five: If you have no reason or ability to accomplish anything, then just practice the art of becoming.

To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.