Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.

Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of us adults are so afraid, so cautious, so ‘safe,’ and therefore so shrinking...

Darkness had fallen upon everything for him; but just because of this darkness he felt that the one guiding clue in the darkness was his work, and he clutched it and clung to it with...

Some trees are too deeply rooted to move … And if they are uprooted, they will die…

I would like to thank the people who’ve brought me those dark moments, when I felt most wounded, betrayed. You have been my greatest teachers.

Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but...

The instant you take the lead in the tug-of-war with your ego, enlightenment becomes your state of being.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

You got up off the bathroom floor. That’s a start. Now, just stay off the floor. After all—aside from winning the lottery—all any of us can ever really hope for is more days spent standing...

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...

Opportunity is another word for moving on. And it is a word choice, which is often the wiser. If the well gets poisoned, move to a meadow of merriment, where your hearts will echo the...

Venture to a remote corner of a faraway land and, from the moment you get there, every person and every thing becomes an obstacle, designed to entrap you, to stop you proceeding on your way.

The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking.

Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.

Kigumu kuliko vyote ni kizuri kuliko vyote.

It’s impossible to sprint into the providential arms of what is ahead…if we continue to trip on what is behind.

In order to share one’s true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.

All you need is a little hope in order cope in times of failure, and be able to try again with a better intelligence for excellence!

It is not the best for us to lay embago on the industries that produce temptations. What we need to do is to compete, overcome and dominate the market with the products of our endurance....

The confidence felt, when dealing with genuine reputation, often outweighs the simplicity of price.

No one can say if you are that person who, given good paint, good brushes, and a fine canvas, can produce something better than the factory man. That is, and has always been, beyond the...

I go dreaming into the future, where I see nothing, nothing. I have no plans, no idea, no project, and, what is worse, no ambition. Something – the eternal ‘what’s the use?’ – sets its...

My friends, we should consider ourselves fortunate, not because we are any greater or lesser because we face adversity, rather we simply rejoice in the opportunity to face it.

The spirit of perseverance and persistence will calm mighty storms.

Do you want to die, or do you want to die trying? Give up or give it a shot.

The Jesus Movement had survived the fad phase and was settling down for the long haul.

Every answer I seek lies within me. Any outward seeking for my answers can only take me as far as my inner self permits.

Life is beautiful. Like a beautiful blue wave, it ebbs and flows, sometimes gushing forth and sometimes receding quietly.

The successful have the courage to walk each day toward something;only after coming through something.

Walking with the projected chestFeeling like you just won The race has been toughBut the joy of winning is too good;

It’s only those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work

When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.

It is absolutely essential to hang in there—especially when you feel most discouraged.