How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

I think every entertainer’s had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can’t remember everything all the time, and especially if you’re having hard times personally, things going on that you – you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I’m going to be alive, I want to be challenged – to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn’t an easy way, but it’s a rewarding way.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

What keeps me going is goals.

I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God’s bidding.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you – but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.

We come bulletproof in Ireland. We’re reared tough, and we fight.

I’ve run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people’s support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

I don’t focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing, then I don’t worry about it.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

You fail only if you stop writing.

Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.

You’ve got to learn to survive a defeat. That’s when you develop character.

Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.

When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.

What I want for my fans and for the world, for anyone who feels pain, is to lean into that pain and embrace it as much as they can and begin the healing process.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you’ll be able to see farther.

The devil ain’t got no power over me. The devil come, and me shake hands with the devil. Devil have his part to play. Devil’s a good friend, too… because when you don’t know him, that’s the time he can mosh you down.

I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

With 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.

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

Predicting rain doesn’t count. Building arks does.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I’m glad I lived out both roles.

If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the ‚right‘ thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It’s like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip.

When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.

You can’t die with an unfinished book.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

I read to my kid, but I can’t stand reading.

I come from – I came from Wales, and it’s a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all that. People didn’t waste time feeling sorry for themselves. You had to get on with it. So my credo is get on with it. I don’t waste time being soft. I’m not cold, but I don’t like being, wasting my time with – life’s too short.

It is a fine game to play – the game of politics – and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

I stayed focused, and I never surrendered, and now I’ve been blessed. now I take care of my mother, my father, and my entire whole family.

It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people.

There’s people that tried to celebrate when I lost that got nothing to do with it. That’s not the sign of a champion.

You can’t have it all all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all, but in given periods in time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.