Your courage was a small coal
that you kept swallowing.
~ Anne Sexton, “Courage”
perseverance
Keep on going
Keep on going, and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
~ Charles F. Kettering
We must believe that…
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
~ Marie Curie
When everything seems to be going against you…
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
~ Henry Ford
The joy of strife
I’ve done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by ‘the joy of strife’. Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
~ L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but…
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
~ Jimmy Dean
Highest and Hardest Glass Ceiling
I know we have still not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling, but some day someone will and hopefully sooner than we might think right now. And — and to all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.
~ Hillary Clinton, Concession Speech for the 2016 Presidential Election
