The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
It always seems impossible until it's done.
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.
Where you stand depends on where you sit.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.
Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.
Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs.
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.
What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion... It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider - and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation - persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.
The American Dream is freedom, prosperity, peace-and liberty and justice for all. That's a big dream. It's not always easy to achieve, but that's the ideal. More than any country in history we've made gains toward a democracy that is enviable throughout the world. Dreams require perseverance if they are to be realized, and fortunately we're a hard-working country and people. We are the luckiest people in history, just by the fact that we are Americans.
Life is difficult no matter what, but hard work and perseverance make it a lot easier.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
I didn't know the odds were so stacked against me. I went for TV shows and never got them. But I kept glued to the pursuit. I was the biggest fool in town, but ultimately I was the biggest fool in town with a job.
Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us.
No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
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