Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan ThomasI have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.
Paulo CoelhoAdversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Elvis PresleyIf you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.
Robert Baden-PowellI’ll die a crazy old man!
Conor McGregorFrustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.
Joyce MeyerIf a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Benjamin FranklinThere may not be one Truth – there may be several truths – but saying that is not to say that reality doesn’t exist.
Margaret AtwoodDon’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 AngelouWomen, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.
Amelia EarhartGreat indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.
Friedrich NietzscheIn other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.
Colin PowellIf we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.
Billy GrahamGive thy thoughts no tongue.
William ShakespeareMorality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
Mahatma GandhiI’ve had a lot of success; I’ve had failures, so I learn from the failure.
Gordon RamsayWhile the family is under attack throughout the world, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims, promotes, and protects the truth that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.
Russell M. NelsonAll the learnin‘ my father paid for was a bit o‘ birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.
George EliotKites rise highest against the wind – not with it.
Winston ChurchillI say there is no darkness but ignorance.
William ShakespeareI am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.
ConfuciusEvery book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.
Stephen KingThe reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
Jim RohnThis is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.
Winston ChurchillThose who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Lao TzuCritics 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 KiyosakiA loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
Thomas CarlyleTo the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.
Marcus AureliusThe unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
Fidel CastroThe ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
William JamesEvery strike brings me closer to the next home run.
Babe RuthFrom my close observation of writers… they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.
Isaac AsimovTo be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
Benjamin DisraeliTreat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.
Richard BransonNothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
PlatoThere is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
Friedrich NietzscheI’ve done everything every fat person ever has. I’ve tried every diet.
Dolly PartonI had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.
Maya AngelouThe farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.
Winston ChurchillI hated every minute of training, but I said, ‚Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.‘
Muhammad AliI liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn’t want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.
Dwayne JohnsonYou gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that’s left for you or to make one of your own.
Dolly PartonWho is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.
William ShakespeareAnyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
Franz KafkaI think I’ve got wiser.
Vivienne WestwoodThere are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.
ConfuciusWe’re not a fragile people. We’re not a frightful people. Our power doesn’t come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don’t look to be ruled.
Barack ObamaIn matters of truth the fact that you don’t want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.
Gilbert K. ChestertonPeople need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.
Emily DickinsonI 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.
DJ KhaledMost of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale CarnegieMentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.
Tom BradyNothing’s ever easy as long as you go on living.
Marilyn MonroeIf you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Henry David ThoreauIn South Korea, they believe that when you turn 60, you’ve become a baby again and the rest of your life should be totally about joy and happiness, and people should leave you alone, and I just think that that’s the height of intelligence.
Alice WalkerHow many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.
Elbert HubbardLive truth instead of professing it.
Elbert HubbardWhen his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, ‚Why god? Why me?‘ and the thundering voice of God answered, ‚There’s just something about you that pisses me off.‘
Stephen KingCourage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain