He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

What I’m asking for is hard. It’s easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn’t possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don’t matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

I’m proof against that word failure. I’ve seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

I want to believe that I am improving. This is something that I take really seriously.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

I pity the fool who just gives up.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy’s ranks.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

We 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.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

Quitting doesn’t enter my mind.

Imagine your family finally making it from nothing to something, and finally getting things going, and finally buying a beautiful house and taking care of your children – and the next day, it’s completely all gone. Zero. Boom. Flat broke. So that’s when I had to man up.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

I’m inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That’s how you know you’re still alive.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn’t give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

That’s when you know you’re the greatest: when you’re the greatest, and people still put odds against you.

The making of the far-famed New York Central Park was opposed by even good men, with misguided pluck, perseverance, and ingenuity, but straight right won its way, and now that park is appreciated. So we confidently believe it will be with our great national parks and forest reservations.

I’ll never make it, it will never happen, because they’re never going to hear me ‚cause they’re screaming all the time.

To do your best is no longer good enough. We now have to do the seemingly impossible.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities… because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

It isn’t sufficient just to want – you’ve got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

I will do this job as long as I feel that I can do it full steam.

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

I’m not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

I think the best thing I ever did with my life was stand up and say I’ve got Alzheimer’s.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

I don’t fear anybody… at all.

Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.

Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

I have promised myself that I’m going to do everything I can for as long as I can.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

I started writing at the kitchen table after midnight. It took ten months to finish that first book; I sent it to a publisher and I got some kind of prize, so it was like a dream – I was surprised to find it happening.

It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

I wouldn’t ever say if you’re having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

I’m not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I’m doing. So if I’m playing basketball, if I’m taking the SATs, like, there’s a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it’s the same thing.

We’re going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.