“With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible.”— Edmund Hillary, telegraph.co.uk
“I have been seriously afraid at times but have used my fear as a stimulating factor rather than allowing it to paralyse me. My abilities have not been outstanding, but I have had sufficient strength and determination to meet my challenges and have usually managed to succeed with them.”— Edmund Hillary, amazon.com
“There are people that somehow become stars whether the world loves them or not.”— Dave Grohl, spin.com
“I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good eith…”— Roald Dahl, amazon.com
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”— Harvey Fierstein, goodreads.com
“There is nothing wrong with staying with someone and trying to make it work. Just be sure you know the difference between determination and desperation.”— Charles Orlando, facebook.com
“I always marvel at the humans’ ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their faces.”— Markus Zusak, amazon.com
“I keep trying to force myself to speak of the things that remain mute inside.”— Anne Sexton, amazon.com
“Always remember, your focus determines your reality.”— George Lucas, Qui-Gon Jinn, Liam Neeson, amazon.com
“You’re in the right place at the right time, and you care enough to do what needs to be done. Sometimes that’s enough.”— Erin Morgenstern, amazon.com
“Try hard to find out what you’re good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that.”— Joshua Lederberg, almaz.com
“It's never been easy to persist through difficulties but I can tell you firsthand that it's not just about trying our hardest that gets us to our goals. It's about going past that point where we usually give up. That's where the gold is.”— Bobby Chiu, youtube.com
“One of the reasons I love art is that it doesn't matter if we have all the money in the world. It can't buy us skills. And if you don't have all the money in the world, you can still develop your skills way past the richest person. We only need to put in time, effort and logic, and honing our craft.…”— Bobby Chiu, youtube.com
“I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.”— Joshua Graham, amazon.com
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”— Gabriel Garcia Marquez, amazon.com
“I’m just saying, take courage. That and pretty much that alone is never the incorrect thing to do.”— John Jeremiah Sullivan, amazon.com