#determination

"What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up."

"But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies. Hope springs up, and cheerfulness along with it, and then he is in good shape to do something for himself, if anything can be done."

"You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose."

"You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle."

"Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back."

"To ask, 'How do you do it?' is already starting off on the wrong foot. When reaching for the stars, there does not have to be a 'how' if there is a big enough 'why'."

"If you have a dream, keep it. But write it down and take appropriate actions to see it manifest."

"To die,so young to die.No, no, not I,I love the warm sunny skies,light, song, shining eyes,I want no war, no battle cry,No, no, not I."

"Some lean back. But those who lean forward are poised to cross the finish-line, first!"

"If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song."

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."

"The world’s greatest achievers have been those who have always stayed focussed on their goals and have been consistent in their efforts."

"One may not always know his purpose until his only option is to monopolize in what he truly excels at. He grows weary of hearing the answer 'no' time and time again, so he turns to and cultivates, monopolizes in his one talent which others cannot possibly subdue. Then, beyond the crowds of criticism and rejection, the right people recognize his talent - among them he finds his stage."

"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."

"When spontaneous demoralizing thoughts seep into your conscience, don't trip...allowing them to fester. These are random tests of your conviction and determination. Large or small, your reaction to such intrusions is a defining moment for which no one else, but you, can mitigate."

"When someone tells me "no,"it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them."

"Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter"

"Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!"

"You rarely win, but sometimes you do."

"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. The wise grows it under his feet."