There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
Ronald ReaganHowever my parents – both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
J. K. RowlingSince God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King’s daughter, I would have gone nevertheless.
Joan of ArcOne man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t.
George Bernard ShawMy life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring still.
Maya AngelouYou can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Mahatma GandhiPeople with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
Hermann HesseThe people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
Napoleon BonaparteNothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Henry FordThis is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.
Ludwig van BeethovenThe courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
John F. KennedyYou shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.
Alexander the GreatThe more I see of deer, the more I admire them as mountaineers. They make their way into the heart of the roughest solitudes with smooth reserve of strength, through dense belts of brush and forest encumbered with fallen trees and boulder piles, across canons, roaring streams, and snow-fields, ever showing forth beauty and courage.
John MuirI wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution – they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing.
Paulo CoelhoI grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn’t open. The only thing I had was cracks. I’d do everything to get through those cracks – scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it’s as big as a garage.
Dwayne JohnsonEvery night on the court I give my all, and if I’m not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
LeBron JamesCourage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
C. S. LewisTo all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.
LeBron JamesIf thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaGiving up cannot be an option.
Greta ThunbergThe same law takes place in a system, consisting of many bodies, as in one single body, with regard to their persevering in their state of motion or of rest. For the progressive motion, whether of one single body or of a whole system of bodies, is always to be estimated from the motion of the center of gravity.
Isaac NewtonI am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
Theodore RooseveltWith Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.
Abraham LincolnDo you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
Oscar WildeWith self-discipline most anything is possible.
Theodore RooseveltI fear that many a man’s good resolutions only need the ordinary fire of daily life to make them melt away. So, too, with fine professions and the boastings of perfection which abound in this age of shams.
Charles SpurgeonIt’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?
Jurgen KloppWe should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamSuccess is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.
John C. MaxwellI have spent my life going from mania to mania. Somehow it has all paid off.
Ray BradburyI’ve played with IVs before, during and after games. I’ve played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don’t miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn’t that serious in the first place.
Kobe BryantI was asked to act when I couldn’t act. I was asked to sing ‚Funny Face‘ when I couldn’t sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn’t dance – and do all kinds of things I wasn’t prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.
Audrey HepburnI defy gravity.
Marilyn MonroeWhat kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?
Winston ChurchillA hundred struggle and drown in the breakers. One discovers the new world. But rather, ten times rather, die in the surf, heralding the way to that new world, than stand idly on the shore.
Florence NightingaleWhy did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
Jackie ChanOpportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don’t ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren’t blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.
Tom BradyRhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
Theodore RooseveltIn the flush of love’s light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.
Maya AngelouI definitely wasn’t anything special when I first started but I think I adapted quite quickly into racing and it became a bit better slowly. All of cadets, the first four years of karting, I only won one proper race, one! Which was the British Open Championship at PFI and I started 21st and I won.
Lando NorrisI don’t see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, ‚I’ma do that,‘ and they do it. That’s it. There’s no scientifical process.
Kevin HartWe will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn’t make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.
Joyce MeyerThrough perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
Benjamin DisraeliIn the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it.
John F. KennedyReal nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.
Albert CamusThe reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.
Alan WattsAll my life, I’ve been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I’ve come is a bogey.
Lou HoltzIt is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.
Blaise PascalI had so many people try to talk me out of starting a rocket company, it was crazy.
Elon MuskThe truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you’re enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.
Brene BrownThere are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
BuddhaKnow what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
Elbert HubbardThere’s something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.
Maya AngelouNeither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
EpictetusI’m not frightened of appearing vulnerable.
Amy WinehouseIf four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamAt Columbia Law School, my professor of constitutional law and federal courts, Gerald Gunther, was determined to place me in a federal court clerkship, despite what was then viewed as a grave impediment: On graduation, I was the mother of a 4-year-old child.
Ruth Bader GinsburgSuccess is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
Booker T. WashingtonIn war there is no prize for runner-up.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca