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Be determined to get up, to reach the highest goal you have in view, and you will.

Resolve to remain as strong, as determined and as highly enthused during the darkest night of adversity as you are during the sunniest day of prosperity.

The man who never weakens when things are against him will grow stronger and stronger until all things will delight to be for him.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear; and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticise others.

The more you are and the more you do, the richer your life, the greater your joy.

You hang around a barbershop long enough—sooner or later you will get a haircut.

Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.

I want to fall… forward. At least I figure that way I’ll see what I’m about to hit.

I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

And when you fall throughout life—and maybe even tonight after a few too many glasses of champagne—fall forward.

So get out there. Give it everything you’ve got—whether it’s your time, your talent, your prayers, or your treasure.

Never be discouraged. Never hold back. Give everything you’ve got.

If we work together, there is nothing we cannot do and no dream we cannot achieve.

Wretch, you are carrying about a god with you, and you know it not.

I am by Nature made for my own good; not for my own evil.

No man can rob us of our Will--no man can lord it over that!

If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers.

When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful.

Human effort is not futile, but man fights against the giant forces of Nature in a spirit of humility.

The demons of depression could find no foothold when he was around

For us who Nurse, our Nursing is a thing, which, unless in it we are making progress every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back.

The more experience we gain, the more progress we can make.