To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable.
This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.
- Topic: Adversity, Determination, Persistence
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Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.
Whenever sorrow comes, be kind to it. For God has placed a pearl in sorrow’s hand.
I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.
A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result.
There's no such thing as chance; and what to us seems merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.
Impossible is just an opinion.
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent or hinder or control. The firm resolve of a determined soul. Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great; All things give way before it, soon or late.
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
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.
You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.