No one can travel so far that he does not make some progess each day. So let us never give up. Then we shall move forward daily in the Lord’s way. And let us never...

Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It’s no use. I can’t go on. If you do you’re licked, and by your own...

(Everyday life is like a sack: with holes. And you carry it anyway.)

To make 2013 (or any other)your year, keep it simple:1) Count your blessings first2) Whatever you did last year, Do it better3) Go step by step, One day at a time.4) Create/make your own opportunities.5)...

There is no “can’t” in martial arts. It is perfectly all right for students to state that they are “still working on it”, “have not mastered it yet”, or “are trying as best they can”...

Look for excuses to celebrate others, and life will find a way to celebrate you.Make your life a prayer and be the light that touches lives far, wide and beyond.

Whoever is present in your spring would more than likely have respected your winter.

To truly defeat an enemy, no sacrifice is too great.

A lot of impulsive mistakes are made by people who simply aren’t willing to stay bored a little longer.

The road to success is longer than you’d like, but shorter than you imagine.

Some had come to look upon death as a mercy. Death meant warmth. Death was light. Life was cruel, cold, heavy and dark. Life was pain. Death was deliverance, and many would welcome it. Others...

A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmareto the jeweled vision of a life started anew.

Often, people give up without knowing success was just around the corner; if they had only preserved a little longer, if they had only tried one more time, they could have succeed.

God always has a plan. This isn’t his fault. This is a test, something designed to help you grow closer to God. And. I know, somehow, God will use it.

To reach a port we must set sail –Sail, not tie at anchorSail, not drift.

Sometimes, persevering…is simply having the courage to let go. ~Jason Versey

The moment you realize that life will hurt more than your death. While existing, we’re forced to become acquainted with sadness. There’s no antibiotic for the ridding of distress, and no alleviation of these intervals...

Never let go of a good thing without a fight. Especially if that good thing is a pair of boxing gloves.

We all fall sometime but it’s those that get back up and try again that make the difference.

Reputation is the panacea for those who lack confidence in their own decisions.

I’m just going to keep plugging away until I find success—or an electrical socket that works. This is the secret to gaining worldly power.

Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It’s about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.

I’ll admit that it’s not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.

Don’t be afraid to do weird stuff, so long as you do it cheaply and cover everyone’s bets. Be bold. Be stupid, if you have to: so long as you don’t hurt anybody, what’s it...

Whatever gets you through the night

You can either hold onto your dream by letting go of your excuses or hold onto your excuses by letting go of your dream.

Trust life. Trust your Creator. He will not deliver you to anything but the best.

Prayer elevates and transforms you. Nourish your soul using this powerful communication tool every day, and you will never be the same again.

The successful possess the courage to walk each day toward something; after coming through everything.

No, no- the sky will grow dark, cold rain will fall and all trace of the right way will be blotted out. You will be all alone. And still you will have to go on....

if one characteristic of Lyndon Johnson was a boundless ambition, another was a willingness, on behalf of that ambition, to make efforts that were also without bounds.

One play down and 497 to Go!

You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve...

Keep trying until you have no more chances left.

In truth, I am nothing but a plodding mediocrity — please observe, a plodding mediocrity — for a mere mediocrity does not go very far, but a plodding one gets quite a distance. There is...

Sometimes what seems so right turns out wrong and what seems so wrong turns out right. What do I call this phenomenon? Life.

When you complain, you explain pain for no gain. Endure and balance yourself through the pain, be hopeful and persist to the end.

Be the Rain.I am the rain.The mountain may spit fire at the sky. . . Still the rain will fall.The mountain may quake at the world. . . Still the rain will fall.The mountain will...

If you woke before dawn one morning with the formula for a vaccine, which would cure the most ghastly disease currently known to man, releasing millions from an agonising death, would you roll over and...

Don’t allow your problems to keep your spirit down. We all have our ups and downs in life. There is always a way out, but you must strongly believe in your ability to persevere.

It may take years of struggle and confession, battle and failure. The places in my life where I struggle with deadly sins are matters of a decade or more of focus, repentance, shame, and grace....

A bowl of diligence and perseverance, a cup of faith and a pinch of inspiration mixed with a spoon of contentment are the ingredients of a delicious success. Cook yours well.

Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Let your faith in the Universe deepen, purify and strengthen most on your troublesome, dark days. If you close your eyes in prayer, surrendering every problem and desire, you will find a way out without...

You matter. Your heart matters.

It is the hardest thing of all, the one thing that will show if you have the one true courage. To know that you have failed, that your best efforts have been defeated, to not...

…I can’t make exceptions for myself. If I can run, I will run. I don’t have to feel good to do it.