The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotes
Orison Sweet Marden
It is the man who goes straight to his goal, obstacle or no obstacle, that commands our respect, gets our confidence, and gets to
Louisa May Alcott
Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe
Sextus Propertius
Great is the road I climb, but the garland offered by an easier effort is not worth the gathering.
William Shakespeare
If we should fail — we fail. But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we’ll not fail.
Edmund Vance Cooke
You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what’s that? Come up with a smiling face. It’s nothing against you to fall down flat, but
Abraham Lincoln
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
Swedish proverb
Fear less, hope more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things will be yours.
Orison Sweet Marden
It is astonishing what a difference there is between the earning power of a man who does things pretty well, and a man who
Robert Louis Stevenson
The saints are the sinners who keep on going.