"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are foosteps on the moon."
-Anon.

"The mighty Oak was once a little nut that stood its ground."
-Anon.

When things go wrong,as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile,but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! If you must-but never quit.
Life is queer,with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might of won if he'd stuck it out;
Stick to your task,though the pace seems slows-
You may succeed with one more blow.
Success is failure turned inside out-
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt-
And you may never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit-
It's when things seem worse that YOU MUSN'T QUIT.
-Anon.,"You Musn't Quit"

"I'll have a full recovery - that's the utmost physically my body has the ability to heal. Then I will push about 20 percent further,through sheer mental tenacity. If you're not prepared for that,go elsewhere."
-Anon.,Navy Seal: a note he posted on his Bethesda Naval hospital door.

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.
-Dean Acheson

"Every failure,obstacle or hardship is an opportunity in disguise. Success in many cases is failure turned inside out. The greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything. Replace 'if I can,I hope,maybe' with 'I can,I will,I must.'"
-Mary Kay Ash

When the thunder rumbles,
"Now the age of gold is dead."
When the dreams we've clung to
Trying to stay young,
Have left us parched and old instead.
When my courage crumbles,
When I feel confused and frail,
When my spirit falters on decaying altars
And my illusions fail --
I go on right then.
I go on again.
I go on to say I will celebrate another day.
I go on.
If tomorrow tumbles
And everything I love is gone,
I will face regret all my days,and yet
I will still go on.
-Leonard Bernstein,from Leonard Bernstein's "Mass"

Practice easing your way along...Do your best; take it as it comes. You can handle anything if you think you can. Just keep your cool and your sense of humor.
-Smiley Blanton

One of the saddest lines in the world is,'Oh come now - be realistic.' The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride.
-Richard Nelson Bolles

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,the stream always wins--not through strength but by perseverance.
-H. Jackson Brown,Jr.

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods,for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door.
-Robert Collier

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
-Charles Caleb Colton

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act,the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure ,the process is its own reward."
-Robyn Davidson

"You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. With it,there is accomplishment. Without it there are only alibis."
-Henry Ford

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength,not a lack of knowledge,but rather a lack of will.
-Vince Lombardi

The only thing experience teaches you is what you can’t do. When you start,you think you can do anything. And then you start to get a little tired.
-Elaine May,. As quoted in Reel Women,part 2,by Ally Acker (1991). Said in 1975.

Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
-Menander

"If we have our own why of life,we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does."
-Friedrich Nietzsche,Twilight of the Idols,"Maxims and Arrows," #12

Start by doing what is necessary,then do what is possible,and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
-Saint Francis of Assisi

The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition is so powerful that it is alone,and without any assistance,capable not only of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity,but of surmounting 100 impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.
-Adam Smith

Most obstacles are imaginary; the rest are only temporary.
-Scott Sorrell

Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
-John Wooden

I always feel pressure. If you don't feel nervous,that means you don't care about how you play. I care about how I perform. I've always said the day I'm not nervous playing is the day I quit.
-Tiger Woods

Success is failure turned inside out-
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt-
And you may never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit-
It's when things seem worse that YOU MUSN'T QUIT.
-Anon.,"You Musn't Quit"

"I'll have a full recovery - that's the utmost physically my body has the ability to heal. Then I will push about 20 percent further,through sheer mental tenacity. If you're not prepared for that,go elsewhere."
-Anon.,Navy Seal: a note he posted on his Bethesda Naval hospital door.

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.
-Dean Acheson

"Every failure,obstacle or hardship is an opportunity in disguise. Success in many cases is failure turned inside out. The greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything. Replace 'if I can,I hope,maybe' with 'I can,I will,I must.'"
-Mary Kay Ash

When the thunder rumbles,
"Now the age of gold is dead."
When the dreams we've clung to
Trying to stay young,
Have left us parched and old instead.
When my courage crumbles,
When I feel confused and frail,
When my spirit falters on decaying altars
And my illusions fail --
I go on right then.
I go on again.
I go on to say I will celebrate another day.
I go on.
If tomorrow tumbles
And everything I love is gone,
I will face regret all my days,and yet
I will still go on.
-Leonard Bernstein,from Leonard Bernstein's "Mass"

Practice easing your way along...Do your best; take it as it comes. You can handle anything if you think you can. Just keep your cool and your sense of humor.
-Smiley Blanton

One of the saddest lines in the world is,'Oh come now - be realistic.' The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride.
-Richard Nelson Bolles

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock,the stream always wins--not through strength but by perseverance.
-H. Jackson Brown,Jr.

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods,for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door.
-Robert Collier

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
-Charles Caleb Colton

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act,the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure ,the process is its own reward."
-Robyn Davidson

"You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. With it,there is accomplishment. Without it there are only alibis."
-Henry Ford

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength,not a lack of knowledge,but rather a lack of will.
-Vince Lombardi

The only thing experience teaches you is what you can’t do. When you start,you think you can do anything. And then you start to get a little tired.
-Elaine May,. As quoted in Reel Women,part 2,by Ally Acker (1991). Said in 1975.

Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there.
-Menander

"If we have our own why of life,we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does."
-Friedrich Nietzsche,Twilight of the Idols,"Maxims and Arrows," #12

Start by doing what is necessary,then do what is possible,and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
-Saint Francis of Assisi

The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition is so powerful that it is alone,and without any assistance,capable not only of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity,but of surmounting 100 impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.
-Adam Smith

Most obstacles are imaginary; the rest are only temporary.
-Scott Sorrell

Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
-John Wooden

I always feel pressure. If you don't feel nervous,that means you don't care about how you play. I care about how I perform. I've always said the day I'm not nervous playing is the day I quit.
-Tiger Woods.