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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

By flight alone we cannot overcome, but by endurance and true humility we are made stronger than all our enemies.

I would have given anything then to have been back in Illinois, but I had not the moral courage to halt and consider what to do; I kept right on.

My sensations as we approached what I supposed might be 'a field of battle' were anything but agreeable.

But if you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the circuses.

If you want to change the world don’t ever, ever ring the bell.

If you want to change the world sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first.

If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.

If you want to change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moment.

Despair lames most people, but it wakes others fully up.

Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Passion.

Resolution is an act of courage in single instances, and if it becomes a characteristic trait, it is a habit of the mind.

Theory must also take into account the human element; it must accord a place to courage, to boldness, even to rashness.

The spirit of the frontier is written into our hearts.

A man's life does not develop rightly without it, and what is called an 'improvident marriage' often appears to me a noble, righteous, and prudent act.

But with common sense, self-reliance, and attention to the work in hand, any woman can pursue the medical calling without risk.

If an idea, I reasoned, were really a valuable one, there must be some way of realising it.

Great events are usually preceded by apparently small things.

Bring now, O Zeus, any difficulty that thou pleasest, for I have means given to me by thee and powers for honoring myself through the things which happen.

At any rate, we were on the move at last, and if dangers and difficulties lay ahead we could meet and overcome them.

Though conscious of the difficulty of learning without a teacher, I set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble, to learn how to read.

You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man

The whole point depends upon his being at once humble enough to wonder, and haughty enough to defy.

With foresight, and a willingness on the part of our people to face up to the vast responsibility which history has clearly placed upon our country, the difficulties I have outlined can and will be overcome.

We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.