La permanencia, perseverancia y persistencia a pesar de todos los obstáculos, desalientos e imposibilidades: es eso lo que distingue las almas fuertes de las débiles

Sin lucha no hay progreso.

Imposible es una palabra que solo se encuentra en el diccionario de los necios

Inténtalo y fracasa, pero no fracases en intentarlo

El coraje es ir de fracaso en fracaso sin pérdida de entusiasmo

El trabajo duro vence al talento cuando el talento no trabaja duro

Puede que tengas que luchar una batalla más de una vez para ganarla

Debemos abrazar el dolor y quemarlo como gasolina para nuestro viaje.

Las cosas difíciles requieren un largo tiempo, las cosas imposibles un poco más.

En la profundidad del invierno, aprendí que en mi interior hay un verano invencible

Nunca, nunca, nunca te rindas.

Un hombre exitoso es el que es capaz de asentar una base con los ladrillos que otros le han tirado

La única lucha que se pierde es la que se abandona.

Las dificultades hacen o rompen a la gente.

No estoy desanimado porque cada intento equivocado descartado es un paso adelante

Usa la palabra imposible con la mayor precaución

La gente está hecha de carne y sangre, y de una fibra milagrosa llamada coraje

Se te dio esta vida, porque eres lo suficientemente fuerte para vivirla

La paciencia y perseverancia tienen un efecto mágico ante el que las dificultades desaparecen y los obstáculos se desvanecen.

La perseverancia es el trabajo duro que haces después de cansarte del trabajo duro que ya hiciste.

La perseverancia es la base de todas las acciones

Si quieres triunfar en la vida, haz de la perseverancia tu amigo del alma, de la experiencia tu sabio consejero, de la advertencia tu hermano mayor y de la esperanza tu genio guardián.

El fútbol es como la vida- requiere perseverancia, abnegación, trabajo duro, dedicación y respeto por la autoridad.

Lo escrito sin esfuerzo es generalmente leído sin placer.

El coraje no es tener la fortaleza de seguir adelante; es seguir adelante cuando no tienes la fuerza.

She had the kids during the day and I would have them at night. That way they were never alone. I would put the kids to bed, and then I had nothing to do and nobody to talk to, so I would write.

I would love to make a Brazilian film, but it would have to be something very close to my heart. It's such a personal thing, so I'd want to do my family proud. I'd want to do justice to Brazilian cinema. I think Brazilian cinema is brilliant. I would really love to do something, but I'm just waiting for the right thing.

I view fulfillment as a combination of achievement and appreciation.

Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.

The worst cruelty that can be inflicted on a human being is isolation.

If the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights movement made demands that altered the course of American lives and backed up those demands with the willingness to give up your life in service of your civil rights, with Black Lives Matter, a more internalized change is being asked for: recognition.

The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.

The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know.

We are ripples of consciousness of the vast ocean of consciousness. If we get agitated and become part of the reactionary and vitriolic behavior sometimes around us, we will only add to the disturbance.

I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting.

Plain and simple, Congress must act to meet the needs of our constituents. We can do that by strengthening families, increasing the minimum wage, and ensuring equal pay for equal work.

If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?

I was not the most attractive child. I had two really big buck teeth. I was horrendous - long, lanky and gangly.

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

Much-derided chick lit, chick flicks, and chick magazines have left ambitious women in a bind. Why is it that I, a young woman, can read 'GQ,' enjoy 'Fight Club,' and subscribe to 'Thrillist,' while the idea of a guy doing the same with 'Glamour,' '27 Dresses' and 'Daily Candy' is nearly unheard of?

I went to eight different schools my first nine years of school.

This is the choice in life. You choose what is less bad. I don't particularly like Mr. Obama, but I think he is less bad for the world than Mr. Romney. It is a tragedy of life that both candidates did not lose the election. They would have deserved both to lose.

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.

When West End Girls came out on import, I was a student at Liverpool University. I'd go to a club in Liverpool and it would come on, and I'd be really embarrassed.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.

'Discworld' is taking something that you know is ridiculous and treating it as if it is serious, to see if something interesting happens when you do so.

Telemarketers tell me I sound like Bill Cosby.

Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's computer cables that hook up the different brain departments.

Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be cracks.