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Resolve to remain as strong, as determined and as highly enthused during the darkest night of adversity as you are during the sunniest day of prosperity.

The man who never weakens when things are against him will grow stronger and stronger until all things will delight to be for him.

My dear Laelius and Scipio, we must stand up against old age and make up for its drawbacks by taking pains.

And when you fall throughout life—and maybe even tonight after a few too many glasses of champagne—fall forward.

Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

I walked out of there to prepare for the next audition, and the next audition, and the next one.

Never be discouraged. Never hold back. Give everything you’ve got.

You hang around a barbershop long enough—sooner or later you will get a haircut.

You will fail at some point in your life. Accept it. You will lose. You will embarrass yourself. You will suck at something. There is no doubt about it.

but to have the spleen, and to dream upon't, is a punishment I would not wish my greatest enemy

Baffled, discountenanced, subdued, discredited, as the cause of justice and humanity is, it will be only the dearer to me.

If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault; for God has made all men to be happy, to be free from perturbations.

In my opinion no man has had a more profitable difficulty than you have had, if you choose to make use of it as an athlete would deal with a young antagonist.

His cheery optimism never failed, even when food was very short and the prospect of relief seemed remote.

The demons of depression could find no foothold when he was around

The time for renewed action was coming, and though our situation was grave enough, we were facing the future hopefully.

To admit failure at this stage was hard, but the facts had to be faced.

One should always follow a denial with an affirmation.

If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.

Whats'ever 'appens to you--whats'ever--you'd be a princess all the same--an' nothin' couldn't make you nothin' different.

Those that have joined with their honor great travels, cares, or perils, are less subject to envy.

Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights--then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.

At times we were almost disposed to give up, and try to content ourselves with our wretched lot; at others, we were firm and unbending in our determination to go.

I can say with conviction that the struggle which evil necessitates is one of the greatest blessings. It makes us strong, patient, helpful men and women.

I am never discouraged by absence of good. I never can be argued into hopelessness.