The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. –Martin Luther King Jr.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. –Mark Twain

“The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.” –Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Those who wish to sing, always find a song.” –Swedish Proverb

“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
–Henry David Thoreau

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“Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.”  –Harry Truman

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”–Thomas Edison

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage
and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in
pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not
ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is
more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our
destiny.”    --Paulo Coelho 

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checked with failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither suffer much nor enjoy much because they live in that gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”  — Theodore Roosevelt