My mother, I suppose, is still a main figure in my life because her life was so sad and unfair, and she so brave, but also because she was determined to make me into the Sunday-school-recitation little girl I was, from the age of seven or so, fighting not to be.
Alice MunroFailure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.
Joe BidenReally, you don’t lose until you stop trying.
Mr. TMentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.
Tom BradyCritics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it’s just noise that can be a distraction.
Robert KiyosakiMy life as a child did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.
J. Robert OppenheimerYou not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you’re supposed to use whatever happen to you as some type of upper, not a downer.
Bob MarleyIt is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
William JamesI’m not going to stop having problems.
Kevin HartEvery adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Napoleon HillA great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
Albert SchweitzerTo become ‚unique,‘ the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamVictory belongs to the most persevering.
Napoleon BonaparteI was a fighting machine with a will of iron.
Jurgen KloppHeroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver five minutes longer.
Ronald ReaganMarch on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path.
Khalil GibranThe men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.
Charles DickensEven if you have a terminal disease, you don’t have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.
Nelson MandelaHe that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Benjamin FranklinCreation is a sustained period of bliss, even though the subject can still be very sad. Because there’s the triumph of coming through and understanding that you have, and that you did it the way only you could do it. You didn’t do it the way somebody told you to do it.
Alice WalkerMost people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.
William JamesThe truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
Winston ChurchillI can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.
Richard M. NixonFun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.
Richard BransonNever say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.
Richard M. NixonI grew up in the east side of Detroit in an area where there was very little, except for a lot of scarcity, poverty and hunger. I never woke up saying, ‚I’m an orphan again today, isn’t this terrible? Poor me.‘
Wayne DyerIt is no use saying, ‚We are doing our best.‘ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Winston ChurchillI was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.
Kamala HarrisKnow 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 HubbardI have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.
Walt DisneyYou pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That’s a part of it.
Denzel WashingtonIt’s the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.
Dwayne JohnsonGod helps those who help themselves.
Benjamin FranklinHow much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.
Thomas JeffersonWe must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Martin Luther King, Jr.The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Lao TzuHistory, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
Maya AngelouA fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
Samuel JohnsonI went through a lot of battles in high school.
LeBron JamesI don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
Jim MattisThere are phases in life which surface at times, and it makes you understand that despite you working hard, everything what you are doing is probably not enough. That’s when you need to look around, and beyond.
Sunil ChhetriYou can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Mahatma GandhiOh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you – gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.
Tennessee WilliamsIf you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don’t stop, don’t put it down.
Taylor SwiftThe way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.
Alexander PopeNo one is ever successful at everything that they do.
Dolly PartonIf man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
Immanuel KantBut man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Ernest HemingwayDisciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
Margaret ThatcherDifficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaNever leave a rhinestone unturned.
Dolly PartonWe 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.
Frank OceanDon’t let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don’t whine. You can be brought low, that’s OK, but don’t be reduced by them. Just say, ‚That’s life.‘
Maya AngelouLife is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
VoltaireI pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.
Abraham LincolnHope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
Thich Nhat HanhThe life so short, the craft so long to learn.
HippocratesThe 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.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
Brian TracyI don’t want to be something that just comes and goes.
Kendrick Lamar