“Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.” ~ Kenneth Hildebrand
“Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.” ~ Orison Swett Marden
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” ~ William E. Channing
“A desire can overcome all objections and obstacles.” ~ Gunderson
“To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.” ~ Mike Gafka
“If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.” ~ Carl Lewis
“You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.” ~ J. Askenberg
“A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.” ~ William Hazlitt
“The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.” ~ Wayne Gretzky
“Troubles, like babies, grow larger by nursing.” ~ Lady Holland
“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.” ~ Carl Gustav Jung
“A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.” ~ John Maxwell
“Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.” ~ B. C. Forbes
“Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.” ~ Magic Johnson
“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing, that we see too late the one that is open.” ~ Alexander Graham Bell
“If you worry about yesterday’s failures, then today’s successes will be few.” ~ Anon
“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” ~ Peter F. Drucker
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” ~ Francis of Assisi
“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh
“Never be satisfied with what you achieve, because it all pales in comparison with what you are capable of doing in the future.” ~ R. Kaplan