He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it, and secures its achievement. Smiles To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do. A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it.
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
Hazlitt None of us are responsible for all the things that happen to us, but we are responsible for the way we act when they do happen. Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. Proverb Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances. Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.