One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.
When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
It is the business of little minds to shrink.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.
I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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