"Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it."
~Helen Keller~
"Worry never accomplishes anything. When you have a problem, it is best to concentrate on the solution to that problem, not the problem itself."
~Thomas D. Willhite~
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
~Albert Einstein~
"The word “crisis” is from the Greek, meaning “a moment to decide.” The recurrent moments of crisis and decision when understood, are growth junctures, points of initiation which mark a release from one state of being and a growth into the next."
~Jill Purce~
"No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."
~Unknown~
"There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornados, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control."
~Leo Buscaglia~
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
~Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.~
"Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember-the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you."
~Zig Ziglar~
"Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn."
~Barbara Rose~
"When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?"
~Sydney J. Harris~
"You're a winner. The tests of life are not meant to break you, but to make you."
~Norman Vincent Peale~
"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."
~Robert Green Ingersoll~
"Liberty is a state of mind, which will be reflected in the material world in terms of health, wealth and power. There is nothing said about freedom from troubles. In fact, you will have more and bigger ones than you do now. For the stature of a man is gauged by the size of the problem he can handle."
~Thomas D. Willhite~
"Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds."
~Orison Swett Marden~
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"We will either find a way, or make one."
~Hannibal~
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"Opportunity's favorite disguise is trouble."
~Frank Tyger~
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"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome."
~Samuel Johnson~
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"People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives."
~Stedman Graham~
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"Out of difficulties grow miracles."
~Jean De La Bruyere~
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"Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!"
~Barbara Hoffman~
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"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins- not through strength but by perseverance."
~H. Jackson Brown~
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"Let a person rejoice when he is confronted with obstacles, for it means that he has reached the end of some particular line of indifference or folly, and is now called upon to summon up all his energy and intelligence in order to extricate himself, and to find a better way; that the powers within him are crying out for greater freedom, for enlarged exercise and scope."
~James Allen~
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"Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise."
~Samuel Lover~
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"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them."
~George Bernard Shaw~
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"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
~Anne Bradstreet~
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"There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor."
~Alan Cohen~
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"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering."
~Ben Okri~
_________________________________________"I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person."
~Rita Mero~
_________________________________________"In our deepest moments of struggle, frustration, fear, and confusion, we are being called upon to reach in and touch our hearts. Then, we will know what to do, what to say, how to be. What is right is always in our deepest heart of hearts. It is from the deepest part of our hearts that we are capable of reaching out and touching another human being. It is, after all, one heart touching another heart."
~Roberta Sage Hamilton~
_________________________________________"Looking back, we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings."
~Dan Millman~
_________________________________________"Sometimes humans beg for battles to be taken away from them, not realizing that only in struggling with shadows is the Light made manifest."
~W. Michael Gear~
_________________________________________"By demanding results and accepting the responsibility for the failures and lacks in my own life, I gained knowingness. Today, I look back and find it hard to imagine the boy that I was. I still have mountains to climb, although I now see them as challenges. TO LIVE IS TO SEEK CHALLENGE - I WOULD HAVE IT NO OTHER WAY."
~Thomas D. Willhite~
_________________________________________"In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time."
~Robert Collier~
_________________________________________"Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't. But you can't tell the difference when you have no real information. Fear can create even more imaginary obstacles than ignorance can. That's why the smallest step away from speculation and into reality can be an amazing relief...The Reality Solution means: Do it before you're ready."
~Barbara Sher~
_________________________________________"Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it."
~Hans Selye~
_________________________________________"If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down."
~Mary Pickford~
_________________________________________"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."
~Napoleon Hill~
_________________________________________"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."
~John Ruskin~
_________________________________________"Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating."
~Denis Waitley~
_____________________"Look for the opportunities in the difficulties, not the difficulties in the opportunities."
~Victor Fiorelli~
_________________________________________"I found every single successful person I've ever spoken to had a turning point. The turning point was when they made a clear, specific unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore; they were going to achieve success. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50,and most people never make it all."
~Brian Tracy~
_________________________________________"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."
~Napolean Hill~
_________________________________________"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance."
~Bruce Barton~
_________________________________________"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin.....But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."
~Alfred Souza~
_________________________________________"I knew from feelings that I had to do something. And I did it. And I did it well. I did what made me feel better tomorrow even though it was very, very painful at the time. The result was beneficial. Doing those things today that feel good tomorrow."
~Thomas D. Willhite~
_________________________________________"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
~Samuel Johnson~
_________________________________________"If I were asked to give what I consider the most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me."
~Ann Landers~
_________________________________________"I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers, an often painful process."
~Diane Nyad~
_________________________________________"Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable."
~Theodore N. Vail~"Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty."
~Henri Frederic Amiel~
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."
~Mahatma Gandhi~
"Having a strong desire or being successful does not mean that you are going to feel great all the time. No matter how enlightened I become, I will not be positive all the time. You have to understand the swing of the pendulum. It must swing back and forth. The only other alternative is to sit still in neutral, which is precisely what most people do."
~Thomas D. Willhite~
"Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way."
~Les Brown~
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
~Mary Anne Radmacher~
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
~Eleanor Roosevelt~
"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."
~unknown~
"If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much."
~Donald H. Rumsfeld~
"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."
~Michael Jordan~
"It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
~Theodore Roosevelt~
"You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour."
~Anonymous~
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do."
~Confucius~
"When you climb to the top of the obstacle that is blocking your view, you are able to look at your situation from a different perspective."
~Lucy MacDonald~
"Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win."
~Bernadette Devlin~
"Whether we're prepared or not, life has a habit of thrusting situations upon us."
~Lucille Ball~
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"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."
~Dolly Parton~
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