Mr. T. been to chemo, Mr. T been to radiation, hair fall out… but he’s back. Now I can give hope when I go to the hospital, see the sick kids with cancer, tell them, don’t quit.

What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

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

Never, never, never give up.

My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I’d wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, ‚You’re going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.‘

When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, ‚Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.‘

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.

War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we’re going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

You can’t die with an unfinished book.

Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.

My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you’re moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.

America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

I worked my face off.

In two decades I’ve lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.

I 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.

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.

If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.

It’s a frustrating game because the situations so drastically change at different times over the course of the week, the game, the season. It feels like brain surgery at times.

It’s like a muscle – if you stop going to the gym or stop running, you get weak. The military teaches you these great values, but we don’t keep up the discipline on our own, and we lose it. So wherever you go, keep that discipline up.

I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

I 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.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

Under the worst conditions, horrendous conditions, people still, you know, fight for their rights and don’t just succumb.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you’re satisfied and make you happy, you’re not getting stronger. You’re staying where you’re at. Either you’re getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.

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

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.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

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

There are a lot of inaccuracies out there when it comes to the SEAL training process. You will see guys carrying logs around on television. They think that the hardest part about being on a SEAL team is getting through that training. The fact of the matter is, if you have a good attitude, that training is fun. I had a blast.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn’t think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it’d take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn’t want to retreat.

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

When there’s justice and change, you start to see the cleansing of the soul, and that is what I want for people, and I hope it’s okay for me to say those things.

I don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.

Certainly it is valuable to a trained writer to crash in an aircraft which burns. He learns several important things very quickly. Whether they will be of use to him is conditioned by survival. Survival, with honor, that outmoded and all-important word, is as difficult as ever and as all-important to a writer.

I 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.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.

I’ve always been surrounded by many great people and professors, but my family, especially my mom who was a teacher, was the person who encouraged me to study and pushed me to continue. When we’re young, we don’t understand why our parents bug us so much with school and doing homework, but it’s a blessing to have that support at home.