“It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can onl…”— Chris Gardner, amazon.com
“Others may question your credentials, your papers, your degrees. Others may look for all kinds of ways to diminish your worth. But what is inside you no one can take from you or tarnish. This is your worth, who you really are, your degree that can go with you wherever you go, that you bring with you…”— Chris Gardner, amazon.com
“The future was uncertain, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists, and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving forward, one foot in front of the other, the voices of fear and shame, the messages from those who wanted me to believe that I wasn't good enough, would be stilled.”— Chris Gardner, amazon.com
“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”— Michael Jordan, keepinspiring.me
“Life is precious and it's what you do with it that keeps you alive on the inside. It's not enough just to live and take that gift for granted. Each one of us has fears, but the more we work to overcome them, the more we are able to enjoy our lives.”— Demi Lovato, amazon.com
“We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken.”— John Green, Alaska Young, amazon.com
“Those awful things are survivable because we are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be.”— John Green, Alaska Young, amazon.com
“On some dimension or other, every event in life can be causing only one of two things: either it is good for you, or it is bringing up what you need to look at in order to create good for you. Evolution is win-win. Life is self-correcting.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“If you took one tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.”— Randy Pausch, amazon.com
“Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two... the solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“The good news is, this wouldn't be the first time someone's crawled,tooth and nail, out of hell.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.ca
“It does not count if you believe in yourself when it's easy to believe in yourself. It counts when it's hard to believe in yourself, when it looks like the world's going to end and you've still got a long way to go. That's when it counts.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.ca
“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.”— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com
“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.”— William James, attitudeofgratitude-nsrichford.blogspot.co.id
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”— James A. Michener, brainyquote.com