Echoes

He who endures, conquers.

Through endurance we conquer.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves, and to save all those who rely upon you. You have only to go right on, and at the end of the road, be it short or long, victory and honor will be found.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.

Relentless toil conquers all.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Never despair.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.

You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things — to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals. The intense effort, the giving of everything you've got, is a very pleasant bonus.

Greatness means strife for nation and man alike. A soft, easy life is not worth living, if it impairs the fibre of brain and heart and muscle. We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage... We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage. For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in that grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

I will either find a way or make one.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

We will either find a way through these mountains, or we will make a way through them. No barrier of nature shall stop us.

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.