Inspirational Quotes:

"Beyond the very extremity of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own, sources of strength never taxed at all because we never pushed through the obstruction." ~William James

"If fate means you lose, give him a good fight anyhow." ~William McFee

"The wisest men follow their own direction." ~Euripides

"Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible ways through a thousand obstacles." ~Washington Irving

"Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way." ~George Crabbe

"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart." ~John Heywood

"Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul." ~Alexander Pope

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill." ~Samuel Johnson

"Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt." ~Jose Ortega Y Gasset

"The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory." ~Pascal

"No one knows what he can do till he tries." ~Publilius Syrus

"Nothing can come of nothing." ~Shakespeare

"A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner." ~English Proverb

"Difficulties are things that show what men are." ~Epictetus

"All things are difficult before they are easy." ~Thomas Fuller

"Nothing is easy to the unwilling." ~Thomas Fuller

"Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words are substitute for strength." ~John F. Kennedy

"The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it." ~Woodrow Wilson

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow." ~Helen Keller

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it." ~Helen Keller

"To be a star you must shine your own light, follow your own path and don't worry about darkness, for that's when stars shine brightest." ~Anonymous

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." ~Unknown

"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to suck all the marrow of life! To rout on all that was not life. And not, when it came to die, discover that I had not lived." ~Henry David Thoureau

"Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much." ~Joan Collins

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do." ~Elanor Roosevelt

"And the trouble is, if you don't risk anyting, you risk even more." ~Erica Jong

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm." ~Colette

"Life is what happens to you when you're making other plans." ~Betty Talmadge

"...You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." ~Beverly Sills

"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got." ~Janis Joplin

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