Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult
You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.
There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
My philosophy of life is that the meek shall inherit nothing but debasement, frustration, and ignoble deaths.
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Any action is better than no action at all.
When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.
When the going gets tough, the tough go drinking.
When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.
When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.
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