When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.
The time is always right to do the right thing
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....
