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.

Impossible is just an opinion.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future, too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to speak.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible. Then they seem improbable. And then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.