Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
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Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm!
Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do, you'll put a torch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you'll shake it to pieces. You'll love it into greatness, you'll upgrade it, you'll fill it with prestige and power.
It is of particular value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
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Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
Individuals are the sum of their unique experiences, challenges, and accomplishments. What matters is not the barriers they face, but how they choose to confront them. And their race is not to blame for everything—good or bad—that happens in their lives.
A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they're always there.
When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.
Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will sink out of sight.
Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
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 learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.
To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up.
Against all odds and despite all the obstacles, we are going to make it.
There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.
I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.
Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.
True strength lies in gentleness.
